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Hand-Me-Downs
Old goods never die at the Vintage Bazaar. They just get repurposed. By Virginia M. Wright Photographs courtesy of Vintage Bazaar Devon Chouinard was 6 when she acquired her first vintage collectable...
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9 Things to Do in Bethel This Fall
Bethel is a country retreat with abundant outdoor activities, artisan shops, and just the right amount of big-city perks Tucked in the White Mountains of western Maine, Bethel is a pocket of...
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Take Care
Maine writer Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo’s posthumous novel is a meditation on death — and an engrossing tale about living well. Take care of your spirit. Those are the parting words characters often...
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Farmhouse Refresh
A writer and her designer daughter transform a 19th-century abode By Candance Karu Photograph by Justin Levesque It spoke to me, first in a whisper as I ran by on my regular beach loop, and then in an...
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket
A green-and-yellow basket or a beribboned design — these are among myriad styles you can find by local Native American tribes, says appraiser John Bottero For thousands of years, Maine’s indigenous...
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Sheared Experience
SHEARED EXPERIENCEOn her farm in Hollis, photographer Nina Fuller makes a near-daily practice out of capturing the serene, enigmatic animals that have (unexpectedly) taken over her life. Nina Fuller’s...
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Down East Adventures
Join us on an authentic Maine vacation! Every year we host a variety of trips, from Lighthouse Long Weekends and historic schooner cruises, to photography and writing workshops, and more. Visit our...
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Meet the Mariners
When the puck drops at Cross Insurance Arena on October 13, pro hockey is officially back in Portland for the first time since the Pirates left town two years ago. Who’s who on the new Maine Mariners?...
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Earthy Delights
A late-season bounty of wild mushrooms makes for a savory tart. By Annemarie Ahearn From our September 2016 issue. Maine is fertile ground for mushrooms, especially this time of year. After a...
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Colonial Reading Lamps! Primitive Bowling Balls!
Learn about these and other local treasures in the latest installment of our appraisal series, inspired by a certain PBS show that has yet to swing through our state. Continue reading on...
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Awakening
Sometimes there’s more to a hard day’s work than a hard day’s work. By Angela Waldron From our October 2016 issue. Throughout my teenage years, my summer job was going sternman on the Penny, my...
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Far from the Tree
Unlike shiny, symmetrical mass-market varietals, heirloom apples are often mottled, lumpy, and specialized. A pie apple might taste lousy raw; a jam apple might not work for cider. But the black sheep...
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Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Freeport Longtime owners of the Desert of Maine put the tourist attraction on the market for $725,000. The swath of exposed...
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Sarah Piampiano’s Favorite Place
Sarah Piampiano Cupsuptic Lake, Rangeley Pro triathlete Sarah Piampiano grew up in Cumberland, but when she thinks back on her Maine childhood, it’s her time at Cupsuptic Lake she remembers best:...
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Cultivating Zen
A homeowner and her gardener’s harmonious relationship yields beautiful results The dry creek enters Barbara Nims’s Owls Head property from the north and descends gently eastward before it loops south...
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Where in Maine?
Can you name this man-made lake? Maine’s fourth-largest lake (or fifth — it depends how you measure) is in fact a reservoir, and when its basin was filled in 1950, it submerged three villages that had...
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A Breaking Wave
What can baby lobsters tell us about the future of Maine’s $1 billion fishery? By Virginia Wright The woman sitting on the bench above Peaks Island’s Spar Cove trained her binoculars on Curt Brown’s...
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Apple of His Eye
Bob Sewall’s Lincolnville farm — Maine’s oldest organic apple orchard — is his life’s passion and a wellspring of innovation. By Will Grunewald Photographed by Molly Haley From our October 2017 issue....
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Knickerbocker Group Lookbook
SPONSORED CONTENTKnickerbocker GroupLOOKBOOK START YOUR OWN DREAM HOME. Knickerbocker Group is celebrating a 40-year history of building custom homes with impeccable detail and timeless craftsmanship....
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Where the Wild Things Are?
It feels like a Wes Anderson movie, but there are fewer cameos, and you can’t buy tickets. Hundreds of revelers head to Peaks Island every fall for Sacred and Profane — even though the anything-goes...
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