When is an island not an island? Twice a day, in this quiet corner of Cobscook Bay.
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Brian Kevin is a former Down East editor. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Audubon, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. He’s the author of The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America, which won the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Hope.
Maine’s towering role in American art owes, in part, to enclaves of artists gathering in out-of-the-way places. With the days of the rusticators long gone, how is the tradition holding up?
A new biography chronicles John Jenkins’s journey from a magnetic young student and fish out of water to one of Maine’s most popular mayors and its first Black state senator.
The yak imprinted on his owners after they bottle-fed him to keep him alive.
When he thinks of particularly significant Maine places, the artist's mind goes to an iconic portage in the Penobscot watershed.
The Oscar-nominated director finds the essence of community at the Rockport post office.
The new president of the Island Institute on her to return to Chebeague Island.
On Swan's Island, the proprietors and patrons of Daint’s Place are having more fun than should be legal anywhere.
As alewives return to their historical migration routes, their restored runs are captivating photographers and other wildlife watchers.
We asked him a few questions about his favorite photography subject.
A look back — and a look at what’s current — as Maine’s Salt Institute for Documentary Studies marks 50 years.
Sure, the name’s whimsical, but Dover-Foxcroft’s Peace, Love & Waffles takes brunch seriously.