From windswept islands in a warming Gulf of Maine, Derrick Z. Jackson documents Maine’s puffin colonies in intimate, dazzling detail.
Rafting pioneer Suzie Hockmeyer’s wild, 41-year ride.
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Michael Finkel explains the origins of the whispered myth that haunted central Maine for decades.
Once again, we asked this year for you to send us the photos that best represent your personal vision of Maine — and, man, did you ever respond.
A few hard-charging ski heroes are taking Maine’s nascent backcountry ski scene to the next level.
We live in one of the least homicidal, most neighborly places in the country. Why has crime fiction become our de facto state literary genre?
With a popular blog and three books, Lisa Steele is spreading the gospel of (pretty) backyard chicken keeping.
Green-thumbed friends gather among vegetable beds for a laid-back meal in a Phippsburg potting shed.
A new compendium shows off the archival illustrations of Kate Furbish, Maine’s swashbuckling Victorian botanist.
The features, photos, and projects we were most proud of this year — plus a few non–Down East pieces that had us tipping our hats.
Who wants to run 26.2 miles through the Maine North Woods in the middle of December? And who really believes that doing so will make a lick of difference for a mill town on the ropes? This guy does.