The survival of the iconic boat is a matter of Maine sporting heritage — and long family history.

The St. Albans native enjoys writing at her family's camp on Embden Pond.

John Robinson was working in building maintenance when he decided to go back to school to explore options for a career in finance. “I did some research and found that UMA offered a very flexible ...

By Charlie Pike Photos by Nicole Wolf Styled by Catrine Kelty From our June 2025 issue I. A Recipe for Success. At Labadie’s Bakery, the 100-year-old shop in downtown Lewiston, cakes for the whoopie ...

With quiet coves, iconic lighthouses, and rugged mountain peaks that kiss the sea, Maine offers an abundance of romantic backdrops for popping the question. In 1883, an enterprising local named ...

From festivals and fairs to marathons and boat races, there’s plenty of events in Maine this summer to put on your calendar.

Ellen Jackson lives on a busy road in Farmingdale, but her home seems to float above the din, tucked behind a curtain of ...

Violent interactions between sharks and humans are exceedingly rare. In 2020, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File recorded 96 reports of people bitten by sharks ...

And those communities go back thousands of years, van de Sande reminds me. Long before European settlers altered the river with dams and forestry, the Passamaquoddy used the Orange as a travel ...

In 2016, an EPA test of unregulated contaminants found significant levels of PFAS in a public well not far from Stoneridge Farm, in Arundel. The next year, the state’s Department of Agriculture, ...

Erik Francis tends to a fyke net during the Passamaquoddy’s new conservation fishing season. During the commercial elver season, Francis had spent five days away from home — a modest raised ranch at ...

Best of Maine 2021. Once again, we asked Down East readers to cast their votes for Maine’s best everything: burgers to bookstores, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects. plus, we’ve ...