Looking back on a watershed year in the Pine Tree State, a tranformational moment between old Maine and new.
Reporter Bob Cummings's dispatches led to the preservation of Mount Bigelow, the Mahoosucs, Tumbledown, and other crown jewels of the Maine landscape.
Two tons of breathtaking tourmaline made the region's international reputation — and kicked off a decades-long mineral blitz.
Wiping away what may or may not have been tears, the Maine senator and brief presidential front-runner dooms his primary chances — while shaping a generation of Maine leaders.
In 1972, an unprecedented algae bloom wreaked havoc on fisheries and confounded ocean observers.
Great Northern's wilderness thoroughfare replaced the Penobscot log drives — and opened the woods to a new kind of visitor.
Wabanaki tribes made convincing claims to almost two-thirds of the state's land, with the federal government obliged to press their case.