Maria Oliveira grew up in Brazil before moving to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she dreamed of a career in medicine. When she learned of the University of Maine at Farmington’s Johnson Scholars ...

By Sara Anne Donnelly Photos by Michael D. Wilson From our July 2025 issue It was a few minutes before showtime on Number One Pond, in Sanford, last summer. The evening sun, thinly veiled by clouds, ...

Donelon and Jean are well-known in local gardening circles for their Plants for Peace sale, which marked its 38th, and final, anniversary last year. For one hour on one day every spring, they sold ...

Bath Clementine comes from a long line of old-house lovers. Her grandparents, and later her parents, owned Georgetown’s 1904 Grey Havens Inn, where she lived for part of her childhood. When she and J ...

By Michele Christle Photos by Mat Trogner From our June 2025 issue Canoeing has been intrinsic to life down east for a long while. This is especially true around Grand Lake Stream Plantation, in ...

Last year, a bidding war broke out at the London Book Fair over St. Albans native Austin Taylor’s debut novel. In the end, a seven-figure deal was struck for the North American rights to Notes on ...

By Bhavana Scalia-Bruce Updated on June 6, 2025 With warm weather rolling in, it’s time to plan for some Maine summer fun, so we’ve put together a list of activities across the state for you to check ...

By Virginia M. Wright From our September 2012 issue Arlin Smith remembers the first time he ate a raw oyster. He was fourteen, a Buffalo boy with little experience with shellfish. “It was a Pemaquid,” ...

Lon Cameron's Maine Float crafts picnic table boats that feature umbrellas, retractable swim ladders, and quiet electric ...