Its 200-acre campus in Downeast Maine is ideal for the required field experiences that make up a large part of the school’s Outdoor Recreation and Leadership Program.
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Since its founding in 1983, the nonprofit and its partners have contributed $128 million to Maine conservation, environment, climate, and resilience efforts.
For 40 years, it has educated nurses prepared to serve in Maine’s healthcare system, and beyond.
The executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute feels at home at the Darling Marine Center.
Students at the STEM-focused school excel in the unique learning environment of the state’s only residential public high school.
The institution’s faculty empowers students to define their own path through personalized, interdisciplinary degree programs.
The St. Albans native enjoys writing at her family's camp on Embden Pond.
The University of Maine at Augusta invites students from all stages of life to pursue an education online, or in-person.
The executive chef and Top Chef contestant on Harpswell’s Giant’s Stairs.
The Kansas native, and owner of Meri Meri party supplies, says her heart is in Castine, where she has summered since 1994.
On the centennial of Maine’s original summer colony, Down East asked Edith Wheeler, the 93-year-old granddaughter of the Squirrel Island Association’s first president, to pen a recollection of the little colony’s early days.
Known as the nation’s oldest chandlery and Maine’s longest-running retail operation, S.L. Wadsworth & Son hardware store still supplies the necessities to the city’s homeowners and boat owners.