Lee Kantar has been compiling copious data about both moose and winter ticks in hopes of saving the former from the latter.

From popsicles to shaved ice to lots and lots of ice cream, dozens of frozen delights for a balmy, sun-drenched, blue-sky Maine summer.

Maine Pizzas You Have to Try From old-school parlors to chi-chi Neapolitan joints to brick ovens on trailers, Vacationland has more and better pie purveyors than ever before.

The Upstream Battle to Preserve Maine’s Lucrative Elver Fishery Some observers suspect that the number of baby eels migrating up Maine rivers is declining. Passamaquoddy fishermen have taken ...

For more than 40 years, the Wabanaki tribes in Maine have had to play by different rules than other indigenous groups across the country.

A Lady in a Gentleman’s Club Sixty-four years ago, Senator Margaret Chase Smith was at the top of her game — and, often, sleeping on her office sofa.

A New Pastry Shop Brings a Czech Snacking Tradition to the County Owner Donita Ayotte is selling some 4,000 of the micro hand pies a month at Northern Maine Kolache Co.

As the upstream battle against Eurasian watermilfoil stretches into a sixth year, the long-term health of Cobbosseecontee could hang in the balance.

There’s Never a Dull Moment at Gus Fillebrown’s Bridgton Sharpening Shop He’s honed everything from knives and pizza cutters to arrowheads and samurai swords.

A Portland Printmaker’s Vending Machines Are Popping Up All Over Anastasia Inciardi’s riff on a lobby mainstay spits out tiny artworks for a dollar apiece.

Not all bark is created equal, 82-year-old Butch Phillips says, and he should know. For more than 30 years, Phillips, a member of the Penobscot Nation who grew up on Indian Island, has been making ...

Chef Lulu Ranta Brings a James Beard Award Home to Monson Ranta’s impeccably warm, welcoming service at The Quarry won her this year’s Outstanding Hospitality prize.