In 1866, the Great Fire of Portland was the most devastating blaze ever to strike an American city. Revisiting a harrowing night that left half of Portland in ashes.
The lake is ever ready, the pace is undemanding, and one day folds softly into the next. This is Kezar.
The finest offerings in the 11 primary food groups of Maine budget dining.
Restaurants, diners, lobster shacks, food trucks, beer. Presenting Maine’s Best Food & Drink selections, including Readers' Choice winners!
Patten’s Dri-Ki Woodworking may well have made part of your favorite canoe — and if you’re lucky, easygoing owner Rick Keim made your paddle.
Presenting Maine’s Best Arts & Media selections, including Readers' Choice winners!
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the July photo of Wiggly Bridge in York Harbor.
Portland’s Tricky Britches channels a classic bluegrass sound — sans porkpie hats.
A friendship that reaches across generations is too rare a thing — and its lessons are too valuable to ignore.
An old Nike missile base in northern Maine could withstand the end times. Read on if you want to live.
These days we might worry about winters growing too warm, but in 1816, Mainers faced the opposite problem: a frigid summer.
From the unsigned “Letter from Home” column in our July 1967 issue.