[I]f the character of a place derives from the people who live there, then this scene on a quiet Thursday night in March says more about the Kennebunks than a dozen picture-perfect postcards of Dock ...

On a recent Saturday at the Little Jubba Central Maine Agrarian Commons, Ali Hamsa and Muhidin Libah took a break from building a fence around a goat pasture to share a laugh at the orneriest kid in ...

On a recent Saturday evening, downtown Lisbon Falls’s streets were quiet. Just about everyone, it seemed, was inside Flux, the restaurant run by brothers and first-time restaurateurs Jason and Tyson ...

Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel are leaning all the way into romance in February, painting the towns in red hearts and red and white lights and rolling out shop sales, cozy dining specials, and ...

Driving over the Penobscot Narrows Bridge never fails to stir a certain hard-to-define feeling, a mixture of awe and calm and anticipation conjured up by the span’s swooping lines, the sight of its ...

In Maine, large swaths of untouched land, coupled with a strong Yankee independent streak, have lured generations of hardy souls to build homes off the grid. Now, rising electricity costs are sparking ...

The kolache is a cosmopolitan pastry: well-traveled, adaptable. It was the Czechs who started stuffing fruit filling into folds of puffy, semisweet yeast dough, and they brought kolaches to Texas ...

Throughout the town of Old Orchard Beach, cartoonishly anthropomorphic birdhouses peek out from behind branches or hang willy-nilly from roadside trunks. Some have jagged strips of wood for faces, ...

In 2006, Rebekah Anderson opened the Lakeshore House inn and pub in Monson, even though the town had clearly seen better days. Much of the small downtown that hugs state Route 15 was vacant, and the ...

With quiet coves, iconic lighthouses, and rugged mountain peaks that kiss the sea, Maine offers an abundance of romantic backdrops for popping the question. Here are seven inspired settings to plan ...

The swordfishing captain likes to hike to the cove in Surry’s Morgan Bay at low tide to go clamming. Greenlaw’s sister, Beth, is president of Sea Bags, the Portland-based maker of totes from recycled ...

The back roads of the Ossipee Valley are quiet and pastoral, perfect for a country drive. And Cornish, halfway between Portland and the White Mountains, is the perfect place to stretch your legs — and ...