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The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt
How to Play 1. Plan of attack. If this scavenger hunt simply inspires you to check out a few new things here or there over the course of the next several months, you probably don’t need much of a...
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Introducing Maine’s First Pro Soccer Team
By Charlie PikeFrom our May 2025 issue Long before the Portland Hearts of Pine, Maine’s first professional soccer club, kicked off its inaugural season in March, fans were showing their love. Last...
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Can You Name This Maine Mountain?
From our May 2025 issue A century ago, William Blackman, a surgeon from New York, stood atop this peak and admired the 16-foot stone lookout tower he’d erected. On a nearby boulder, he inscribed the...
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May 2025
Buy This Issue! Features Great Maine Scavenger Hunt Twenty-eight excursions all across the state, from classical concerts to mountain sunrises to roadside doughnuts, that add up to one fun-filled...
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Cheryl Staples Sees the World Through Rose-Colored (and Green and Blue) Glasses
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Dave WaddellFrom our April 2025 Home & Garden issue During a trip to Bar Harbor in the mid ’90s, Cheryl Staples spotted a chunk of sea glass shining like a sapphire...
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Planting for the Future at the University of Maine
In 2020, UMaine Associate Professor of Agriculture Rachel Schattman gave a presentation to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine’s Wild Blueberry Advisory Committee on how different farming systems...
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Blooming Where She’s Planted
By Jesse EllisonPhotos by Tara RiceFrom our April 2025 Home & Garden issue Lynn Karlin seems to hardly ever sit down. On a late-fall afternoon in the whitewashed photography studio behind her...
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6 Places to Go Hiking in the Camden Hills Area
By Bridget M. BurnsFrom our May 2025 issue Beech Hill Preserve This Coastal Mountains Land Trust preserve encompasses 295 acres, including grassland bird habitat and organic blueberry barrens on...
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At a Harrison B&B, the Owners and Guests Are Tight
By Sarah StebbinsPhotos by Sean LitchfieldFrom our May 2025 issue Some of Jill and Joe Drew’s closest friends have been their guests at Harrison’s Greenwood Manor Inn. There are the Daleys, whose kids...
View ArticleAsk the Expert: Visiting a Memory Care Community
The decision to transition a loved one with dementia from home to a senior living community can be overwhelming. Bethany Tyler, assistant executive director and sales director at Avita of Brunswick,...
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Does Portland’s Oun Lido’s Live Up to the Hype?
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Nicole WolfFrom our May 2025 issue Oun Lido’s chef and co-owner Bounahcree Kim, who goes by “Bones,” has a strong Portland pedigree. He cooked for several years at Cong Tu...
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How Well Do You Know Your Sailing Vessels?
By Bridget M. BurnsPhotos by Dave WaddellFrom our May 2025 issue Schooner Schooners have at least two masts, with the largest mast, or mainmast, located second from the bow. The majority of cruise...
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