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A century ago, Waterville helped bail out a struggling Colby College. Can Colby return the favor?
waves on rocks
Maine’s Sea Grant program, responsible for delivering practical scientific know-how to fishing communities, now faces an existential political threat.
Restaurant
A sudden paucity of waitstaff, hosts, and housekeepers has Maine’s hospitality industry feeling the heat this year.
canoe on land next to lake and mountians
As the game-changing Land for Maine’s Future program observes its 30th anniversary, the state’s land conservation scene is at a crossroads.
Man Clam Digging
As traditional fisheries stare down climate-induced disaster, aquaculture could be Maine’s next great industry. So how come more fishermen aren’t ready to start seafarming?
Tara Regan
Tara Regan is the first woman to run both MDI boatyards for the Hinckley Company — which counts Martha Stewart among its fans.
How Maine ended up with its oddball system for picking a president — and why that system is better than the way 48 other states do it.
Munjoy-Hill-Portland
Ron Currie has some thoughts on Maine’s most rapidly changing city and the gentrification that displaced him from a neighborhood he loves.
LJ Hopkins
For 21 years, LJ Hopkins had hauled mail and essential supplies to Swan's Island. What caused him to stop?
George J. Mitchell and Bob Dole in 1990
We asked George J. Mitchell, Maine’s Democratic U.S. senator from 1980 to 1995, for his thoughts on political rhetoric in 2016. He graciously complied.
Safe at Last
After decades of violence at the hands of her husband, Priscilla got out alive — with help from a Maine safe house that’s among the first of its kind.
Bed and Breakfast
How did the popular vacation-rental service become a hugely contentious issue in Maine?