Classic Hanukkah foods are fried, like potato latkes and the jelly donuts called sufganiyot. They signify the little bit of oil that, some millennia ago, kept a menorah lit in Jerusalem’s temple for ...

Now, he trims about 3,000 sheep every year — almost a quarter of the sheep in Maine, based on the most recent agricultural census. “It’s all word of mouth,” he says. “When people find out you can ...

Rose Iuro-Damon dips into ice-covered Somes Pond. She’s a member of Cold Tits, Warm Hearts, a group that hosts swims on MDI throughout the winter. After Puranjot Kaur wades up to her shoulders into 36 ...

Monday, July 27, 2020, dawned sultry and bright on Bailey Island, a village of about 400 full-time residents in the midcoast town of Harpswell. Early that morning, lobsterboats sputtered out of ...

In one sense, Maria Girouard admits, this winter was a counterintuitive time to open Dawnland Handmade Creations, a gift shop in downtown Old Town, featuring work by artists and makers from the four ...

Misty Lane got used to being on the receiving end of glowering looks from passersby while running her Hillbilly Furniture and Furs stand at run-of-the-mill craft fairs. She sells animal furs, skulls, ...

For 172 years, Hancock Lumber has been carefully cultivating eastern white pine, ensuring that Maine’s signature resource remains vibrant for future generations. Forget lobster — no Maine natural ...

Let’s be honest: There’s no place like Maine during the holidays. As friends and family reunite, the state sparkles with festive events and extraordinary light shows, making it worthwhile to bundle up ...

In March the Maine Legislature approved and in April Governor Paul LePage signed into law LD 1671, a measure appropriating three hundred thousand dollars for an investment grade feasibility study of ...

Although he’s Korean, chef Hwansoo Kim has nursed a fascination with Japanese culture ever since he was a kid reading manga comics in Seoul. It was there, in the South Korean capital, that he trained ...

Main Streets with moxie! In our July 2021 issue, we took a look at six of our favorite downtowns from all across the state — and the businesses, buildings, and boosters that make them great. Read up ...

Twenty minutes before the show was slated to begin, the lobby at Belfast’s public library was already thrumming with excited kids. One little girl, in a pink dress and sparkly ruby slippers, bent low ...