Residents of the Canadian isle depend on neighboring Lubec (and the goodwill of border agents) for everyday needs.
In a northern mixed-wood forest, each tree species finds its most favorable micro-topography to thrive.
The Colby Museum of Art puts a previously unexamined aspect of the 95-year-old painter's artistic legacy on display.
The town’s known for its tasty bivalves, but it is also full of retail pearls.
The tale of the plucky couple who didn't let the pandemic, the law, or the St. Croix River stand in the way of their nuptials.
Cranberries sold fresh need to be dry-harvested, which is how it’s done at Birch Bog Farm.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from November’s photo.
Want to walk the line? Plan a trek to the border’s highest point this side of Montana.
For which republic does this flag stand? We asked Eric Marquis about the symbolic nation straddling the St. John River.
The millennia-old art form is about more than just lamps and church windows.
For one writer, the preserved library of two eminent Mainers offers a window into their love story — and some welcome validation.
Every boundary, Maine state historian Earle Shettleworth Jr. says, reflects some “combination of geography and history.”