At Mount Desert Island’s Gallery at Somes Sound, Tyra Hanson curates a fine-art collection to complement one-of-a-kind studio ...

The institution’s faculty empowers students to define their own path through personalized, interdisciplinary degree programs.

For eight years, Chris Cash captained a lobsterboat off Monhegan Island, where she and her family lived full-time. She was ...

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

Students at Maine School of Science and Mathematics excel in the unique learning environment of the state’s only residential public high school.

All that remains of Jane Donelon's sloped lawn is a grassy path wending among flower beds planted in her free-spirited style.

My Final Days on the Maine Coast Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, a writer meditates on life, death, and beauty from his small seaside cottage down east.

Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Bailey Island Maine's first-ever fatal shark attack jolted natives and visitors alike into acknowledging that great whites regularly swim off the ...

This Woman Wants to Destroy Your Lawn And replace it with something better. Why Heather McCargo and the Wild Seed Project want us all to think differently about what we plant (and yeah, to think about ...

The Maine Farmer Saving the World’s Rarest Heirloom Seeds Will Bonsall has spent a lifetime scattering seeds across the country. But will his efforts fall among the thorns?

Green Crabs Are Maine’s Most Delicious Scourge Meet the scientists and chefs who want to get invasive green crabs out of Maine’s waters and into your belly.

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 sprinkled ...