Aloha From Hawaii 2!
Maine’s newest communal island retreat may be a gag, but its 250,000 owners still wish they were here.
Uncle Henry’s Takes Over the World
After 45 years, Maine’s defiantly down-home classifieds weekly isn’t just hanging on in a post-Craigslist world — it’s thriving.
The Belfast Operation
In 1984, cocaine trafficking in Maine was considered an urban problem. But in the sticks of the midcoast, a loose cartel of freewheeling, twenty-something drug dealers was building an empire — until one of the state’s most elaborate and far-reaching undercover operations brought it all crashing down.
Breaking Trail
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making ski trip plans.
Bench Warmer
Just in time for the holidays, Portland’s municipal organist is reunited with his (50-ton) instrument.
Why We Hunt: Management
He’s effective, controversial, and in demand. Meet the scientist-sharpshooter who eliminated Monhegan’s deer herd.
Prophecy: The Best/Worst Maine Horror Film
What is it about the horror genre that a movie can achieve immortality by being either excellent or unaccountably bad?
Bear Referendum 2014
Passions are high, motivations tangled, and bedfellows strange. Oh, and did we mention this already happened 10 years ago?
Turtle Powah
Who knew that the “heroes in a half shell” got their start among the soft shells? An interview with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator and native Mainer Kevin Eastman.
Bangor Rock City
How the Queen City has become the capital of music in Maine.
CM Almy’s Sunday Best
CM Almy in Pittsfield has been outfitting church clergy across the country with robes, chalices, candleholders, and crosses for 122 years. Amen to that.
The Thieves of Spring
With spring on its way, watch out for Maine’s latest crime wave: maple sap stealing.