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How Maine’s International Border Got Its Shape
By David ShribmanFrom our November 2022 issue The shape of Maine is nothing if not peculiar. Quite unlike, say, the perfect rectangles of Wyoming and Colorado, Maine flouts geometric sensibility, from...
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Nicolás Alberto Dosman’s Favorite Maine Place
By Brian KevinFrom our December 2022 issue When friends and family from away visit him in Portland, Dr. Nicolás Alberto Dosman always takes them to see Cape Elizabeth’s Portland Head Light, for the...
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How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?
By Kathryn MilesFrom our December 2022 issue The line at Red’s Eats, in Wiscasset, snaked around the corner on a warm Saturday afternoon this fall. Many of the customers had queued up even before the...
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Newbie Farmers Preserve a Pick-Your-Own Organic-Cranberry Operation in...
By Katy KelleherPhotographed by Kelsey KobikFrom our November 2022 issue Few fruits are more chronically underrated — or oversweetened — than the bracingly and, some might say, delightfully tart...
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Eastport The world’s first hybrid-powered cruise ship, MS Roald Amundsen, made its inaugural stop in Maine, docking in Eastport after traveling through the Northwest Passage from Alaska, en route to...
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Cheney, Matthiessen, and Me
By Scott BaneFrom our November 2022 issue One summer, several years ago, I was lucky enough to join a merry crew of two professors, a curator, and a great-niece of the painter Russell Cheney, to...
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Our Favorite Maine-Themed Advent Calendar Is Filled With Amazing Chocolate
By Will GrunewaldFrom our December 2022 issue When Kate McAleer opened Bixby Chocolate in an old ice warehouse in Rockland, in 2011, she was the only Maine chocolatier working from scratch, beginning...
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Maine Gifts from Our Advertisers
The items listed in this sponsored post are paid advertisements. Send the Perfect Maine-Made Gift Dean’s Sweets award-winning truffles, caramels, and holiday confections are made in small batches in...
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An Oral History of the Cross-Border COVID Wedding That Went Viral
By Mary PolsFrom our November 2022 issue The dress was purchased, the date set, the caterer paid. Then, Nova Scotia-based couple Lindsay Clowes and Alex Leckie had to call off their summer 2020...
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4 Maine Makers Putting a Fresh Spin on Stained-Glass
By Adrienne PerronFrom our November 2022 issue The Glass Feather Vet tech Heather Burgess (@the.glass.feather) learned the craft seven years ago from old hands Lisa and Dave Roy, at Bucksport’s...
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A Browser’s Guide to Downtown Damariscotta
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our November 2022 issue It’s peak oyster season, when briny little mollusks across Maine are at their plumpest and tastiest, storing up sugars and fats...
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Features A Few of Their Favorite Things Maine’s talented artisans tell us about the heirlooms and objects of art that have inspired them, shaped their lives, and informed their craft. By Adrienne...
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Can You Name This Harborside Village?
Until the end of the 19th century, this seaside village was known as Indian Harbor — the story goes that so many neighboring settlements had “harbor” in their names, the postal service had trouble...
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Marking a Maine Craft Milestone — With a Handmade Chair
In 1972, Tom Moser left his teaching job at Bates College to start a new career, crafting handmade wooden furniture inspired by traditional design. Now, to celebrate 50 years in business, Thos. Moser...
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The Curtain Comes Down on Belfast’s Colonial Theatre
By Kathryn MilesPhotographed by Benjamin WilliamsonFrom our December 2022 issue They came by the dozens, carrying fleece blankets and homemade snacks. They snaked through the line at the concession...
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Store-Bought Menorahs Don’t Hold a Candle to These One-of-a-Kind Designs
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Meredith BrockingtonFrom our December 2022 issue When Ariela Nomi Kuh was a painter, she loved working with oil paint more than any other medium because of its...
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“The Maine Christmas Song” Lives On In a Children’s Book
By Joel CrabtreeFrom our December 2022 issue Stephanie Mulligan remembers singing “The Maine Christmas Song” in the early ’90s, when her first-grade class in Otisfield performed it at a recital. “Even...
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Calling All Appalachian Trail Champions
When you consider the grand scale and beauty of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail — stretching 2,180 miles from Georgia to Maine — it’s easy to overlook the fact there are people responsible for...
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Why We’re Still Taken With We Took to the Woods
By Kate Ver PloegFrom our December 2022 issue One Tuesday night in 2020, shortly before the pandemic put a pause on such gatherings, University of Maine at Augusta English professor Lisa Botshon...
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The Republic of Madawaska Isn’t Real, But Its President Doesn’t Mind
By Will GrunewaldFrom our November 2022 issue One unverifiable story has it that, before the international boundary was settled, a man from the St. John Valley grew tired of being asked whether he...
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