When is an island not an island? Twice a day, in this quiet corner of Cobscook Bay.
When the stakes couldn’t be higher, a new network of high-tech weather cams helps air-ambulance crews make critical decisions.
Penobscot Bay's 700 Acre Island is ringed with outcrops of what may be New England's oldest rock.
Cooking for hungry students and researchers in the ’70s, he learned to love seafood that other chefs ignored. Then, he kick-started a culinary revolution.
A persistent local legend surrounds Harpswell's Crow Island, favorite son Joshua Chamberlain, and the horse he rode in on.
When a young, hard-charging restaurateur bucked community expectations, tempers on Vinalhaven flared.
From roadside chutes to backcountry cascades, tiny slides to dramatic plunges, Maine’s waterfalls are splashy treasures. Here’s where to find our faves.
The U.S. Lighthouse Board took almost 80 years to approve this beacon’s construction.
Paddling to the newly renamed islands at the mouth of the Bagaduce River, one writer tugs on the frayed threads of Maine's Black history.
Since an unexpected cable failure left Goat Island without electricity, its undaunted keepers are looking for ways to take the power back.
Pull up a chair, order a drink, and wait for a glimpse of the pre-historic fish.
On a quest to sniff a downy baby seabird on a far-flung island colony, Kimberly Ridley catches a whiff of uncertainty.