Maine is a cross-country skier’s Shangri-La, and this list of our favorite Nordic destinations proves it.
Red Lobster became my stand-in for the Pine Tree State, and I liked what I saw.
To make Blueberry Dream soda taste like blueberries, Green Bee owner Chris Kinkade uses, well, real blueberries, eschewing the concentrates and vague “natural flavorings” in big-brand bevs.
The house you sit in and the ground you stand on are liquid assets. We hold a lease on life itself and on every other thing we think we own.
Dr. Wilhelm Reich's modern-day admirers have sunk more than quarter-million dollars into a documentary to redeem his name. Is Dr. Reich’s long, strange story about to climax?
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February.
In our era of binging on full seasons of hour-long television shows, tackling an eight-episode short-form series should be a piece of cake. Right?
From a story by Jay Hutchins, published in the winter of 1961. Photographed by Harry Packard.
25 years ago this month, the previously undefeated Black Bears suffered a rare home-ice loss against archrival Boston University. The next night, they avenged the setback with a 6–1 thumping of BU, and they wouldn’t lose again, home or away, the rest of the season, going on to win the program’s first national title.
Modern yet cozy, a western Maine retreat takes full advantage of its hill-top perch.
The downhill season in Newry can still start in the fall and run well into the spring, and the metrics behind that feat will knock you off your skis.