On a recent morning at the University of New England’s marine-science center, in Biddeford, Peaches the lobster was in a prickly mood, scurrying backward and forward, claws splayed, when a visitor ...

Every winter brings ice bars to Maine, although the lineup tends to ebb and flow. One year, an ice bar pops up here. The next, maybe it doesn’t, but some other restaurant or hotel hosts one instead.

Through Healing Loops, York needleworker Audrey Mahlman sells handmade hats, blankets, and scarves to benefit Christopher’s Haven. Audrey Mahlman, pictured with her daughter, Olive (seated at left), ...

A bald eagle visits me every day. I have learned to recognize his voice as he approaches, a querulous complaint against the crows that usually accompany him like a desperate ring of courtiers vying ...

On a late-January evening at Absolem Cider Company, in Winthrop, wisps of smoke tinged with the sweet-tangy scent of cooking apples rose into the icy blueness. The cidery’s founders, Ryan Travers, ...

Every time the telephone rings in Bryant Pond, it’s a crank call. That doesn’t mean all the town’s 300 telephone subscribers are displeased with the service. It’s just that they share the unique ...

On a camping trip in 1979, Ted and Laura Sweeney, a Massachusetts couple, fell in love with Acadia National Park. A year later, they started a business, Tempshield Cryo-Protection, making gloves that ...

Who says this is the off-season? Food fests, concerts, snow sports, and more are going on across Maine all through the colder months. Hang out and watch as racers hurtle on wooden toboggans down a 400 ...