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A First Date at 68 Becomes an Overnight Lost in the Maine Woods

Anne Wood and Joe Sirois have a “meet cute” like no other.
Where in Maine, November 2021
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Can You Name This Gneiss-Looking Point?

The folded metamorphic bands found here are some of the more eye-catching exposures of what’s known as the Bucksport Formation.
A view of Lake Onawa and Borestone Mountain, from Barren Mountain, southeast of Moosehead Lake.
Our Towns

What’s Next for America’s Crown Jewel?

Reassessing its future, the Moosehead region balances growth and livability with mossiness and moosiness.
Elizabeth Downs Maine’s 9-year-old beekeeper
Arts & Leisure

Meet Maine’s 9-Year-Old Beekeeper

In Eddington, fourth-grader Elizabeth Downs tends to some 180,000 resident bees in her backyard.
Virginia Oliver, 101, at the helm of her lobsterboat
Our Towns

Over 100 and Still Lobstering, Virginia Oliver Is Bemused By Her Celebrity

The Rockland resident won’t stop trapping lobster — and America is eating it up.
Pine Tree Trading on Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine
Our Towns

Farewell to a Lewiston Pawnshop

In a changing city, a longtime pawnbroker turns out the lights.
Leonard Cummings in the Abyssinian Meeting House
Our Towns

Married Nearly 65 Years, They’re Still Shaping Portland

Driven by their faith, Leonard and Mary Jane Cummings have led the charge to restore the Abyssinian Meeting House, among other causes.
peach farmer Gordon Kenyon
Land, Water & Wildlife

How This Farming Pioneer Grows Peaches in Maine

Beating the odds of Maine's unfriendly climate Gordon Kenyon has been growing peaches since the Cold War.
These Maine-made kids’ costumes from Tree and Vine are perfect for Halloween
Maine-Made

These Maine-Made Kids’ Costumes Are Perfect for Halloween

Gray-based Tree and Vine proves there’s no wrong season for playing dress-up.
Big Reed Preserve
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Secrets of New England’s Last Great Old-Growth Forest

The woodland preserve around Big Reed Pond has become a quiet monument to what we've lost and a potent reminder of what we might recover.
In 1991, in Disko Bay, on Greenland’s west coast, the schooner Bowdoin passed an iceberg with a dramatic arch.
Photography

The 100-Year-Old Schooner Bowdoin as It Was Meant to Be Seen — In the Arctic

Revisiting a trove of stunning photos by Maine photographer Tom Stewart, who accompanied Maine’s official state vessel to the far north in the early 1990s.
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Can You Name This Lovely Lakeside Town?

A trail that skirts this lake’s northwestern shore brings thousands of folks into this otherwise quiet town each year.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Maine’s Beloved Whoopie Pie

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