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The Best Places to Live in Maine Right Now

Thousands of readers helped us winnow the field. Can you see yourself in one of these eight Maine towns?
Earlier this winter, a contingent of the Northern Maine Ice Busters got some practice in with a small carousel on Aroostook County’s Long Lake.
Our Towns

In Aroostook County, Another Maine Ice Disk (This One With an Outboard)

In northern Maine, ice carousels are big, cold, record-setting attractions.
Where in Maine, March 2022
Photography

Can You Name This Iconic Coastal Fort?

It is home to one of the largest surviving Civil War-era guns, although guns were never really necessary.
Ilulissat, Disko Bugt, 2021, in progress studio view, graphite, spray paint, and acrylic paint, Dimensions are variable, © Peter Soriano, Photo by Alan Wiener
Arts & Leisure

How the PMA Launched the New North Atlantic Triennial

The Portland Museum of Art’s ambitious international exhibit takes visitors “Down North.”
is B-52 Pizza & Subs' Maine Attraction pizza topped with red-snapper dogs and Humpty Dumpty chips the Maine-iest pizza ever?
Food & Drink

I Drove 450 Miles to Eat This Red-Snapper Hot Dog and All-Dressed Potato-Chip Pizza

It's in Aroostook County, if you'd like to do the same
Food & Drink

Pat’s Pizza: A Salute to an Old-School Maine Classic

As delicious as it is ubiquitous, Pat's endures in the era of the artisan 'za.
Erin Ovalle’s Favorite Maine Place
Our Towns

Erin Ovalle’s Favorite Maine Place

The Maine Life Media producer on leaf-peeping and snowmobiling in Greenville.
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Unwavering Wolf Truther Who Would Be Maine’s Next Governor

John Glowa has spent decades arguing that wolves have a clandestine presence in Maine — never mind what state agencies say.
Maine-shaped pizza
Food & Drink

Maine Pizzas You Have to Try

From old-school parlors to chi-chi Neapolitan joints to brick ovens on trailers, Vacationland has more and better pie purveyors than ever before.
Butler Cove, on Merrymeeting Bay, Chris Toy’s favorite Maine place
Our Towns

Chris Toy’s Favorite Maine Place

Followers of the cookbook author’s YouTube channel will recognize this place from the background of his videos.
Deviled eggs, veggie cakes with beet hummus, and scallops from Waterville's Front & Main
Food & Drink

Front & Main Is a Hotel Restaurant Without the Hotel Guests

A downtown Waterville hotel provides overflow student housing while its restaurant serves a smart lineup of Maine-y meals.
Photography

A Gifted Maine Photographer, Gone Too Soon

When 30-year-old Alec Hartman passed away in 2019, after years of struggles with depression and anxiety, Maine lost a talented photographer at the start of a promising career. His stirring images of landscapes and wildlife endure.
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