In 1984, cocaine trafficking in Maine was considered an urban problem. But in the sticks of the midcoast, a loose cartel of freewheeling, twenty-something drug dealers was building an empire — until one of the state’s most elaborate and far-reaching undercover operations brought it all crashing down.
History
During World War II, thousands of German prisoners of war were held in internment camps across Maine. In the winter of 1945, three of them got away.
Three teens embark on a great adventure aboard the schooner Bowdoin.
Hordes of visitors who descend on Ogunquit each summer want to leave their calling cards in the form of rock towers standing anywhere from 1 to 5 feet high.
A Down East fishing community weighs — yet again —
whether to...
The documentary photography of Lewis Hine hasn't lost its impact, more than a century later.
A public bathroom in Seal Harbor donated by John D. Rockefeller is in danger of falling to pieces.
Arthur T. Walden and his winning chinook sled dog celebrate after a 123-mile race in 1922.
One hundred and fifty years ago, the United States was saved at the Battle of Gettysburg by Maine soldiers.
A new guide shows you how
to climb Moosehead Lake’s
famed mountain in the
footsteps of Thoreau.
Maine and the world’s largest land mammal seem an unlikely pair, but the two share a long, curious history.
How the true story of three lives lost at sea in December 1956 became Maine's most famous short story.