Clean Sweep
Elle Logan rowed in Beijing and London and won gold both times. This summer in Rio, she’s made it three for three. So why haven’t you heard of Maine’s baddest Olympian?
Features
Strange Pilgrimage
One hundred and fifty years ago, a group of sensible Down East farmers and their families packed their houses and sailed to the Holy Land to await the Second Coming. Within a year, it had all gone wrong.
Endless Summer
The lake is ever ready, the pace is undemanding, and one day folds softly into the next. This is Kezar.
Best of Maine 2016: Cheap Eats
The finest offerings in the 11 primary food groups of Maine budget dining.
Best of Maine 2016: Food & Drink
Restaurants, diners, lobster shacks, food trucks, beer. Presenting Maine’s Best Food & Drink selections, including Readers’ Choice winners!
Best of Maine 2016: Arts & Media
Presenting Maine’s Best Arts & Media selections, including Readers’ Choice winners!
Best of Maine 2016
Shopping & Self
Presenting Maine’s best Shopping & Self selections, including Readers’ Choice winners!
Best of Maine 2016
Travel & Play
We’ve been arguing for months. And eating. And shopping. And road-tripping. And at last, all that hard work has paid off. Presenting Maine’s best Travel and Play, from camping to cruising to hitting the links.
Into the Wild(ish)
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is one of the country’s more remarkable experiments in wilderness preservation — and one of its classic river trips. Today, with the number of paddlers at a 30-year-low, a trip along the Allagash is as quiet and sublime as ever.
He Is Not the Champion, My Friend
We sent our man on a quixotic quest for glory at four classic Maine summer festivals.
Country Way
Farming isn’t making a comeback on Whitefield’s Townhouse Road. It never went away.
“World’s Greatest Teacher”
Last March, Edgecomb teacher Nancie Atwell won a million dollars for banning tests and letting students pick their own reading material. Then she gave it all away.