For 21 years, LJ Hopkins had hauled mail and essential supplies to Swan's Island. What caused him to stop?
Issues & Politics
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.
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.
How did the popular vacation-rental service become a hugely contentious issue in Maine?
A long-sought specialty squad of the Maine State Police will soon start delving into the state’s most puzzling unsolved crimes.
On Maine’s islands, the presence of law enforcement is light to nonexistent. So how does a community make do with only the thinnest of thin blue lines?
A flurry of development in the Kennebunks has prompted a philosophical tug-of-war about the towns’ identities.
A historic process is exposing the injuries inflicted by Maine’s child welfare system on generations of Wabanaki people — and illuminating a way forward to bring healing and change.
Maine has spent decades trying to do right by the endangered Atlantic salmon. So how come our salmon runs are still paltry? The answer: it’s complicated.
A chat with the man behind the pull-no-punches open letter to Maine’s most visibly struggling mill town.
A way to open up the electoral process? A panacea for Maine's election ills? A shell game? Rob Sneddon explores Maine's likely next ballot initiative.