August 8, 2024

Maine Will Vote on a New State Flag

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. For more than a century, Maine’s […]
August 8, 2024

Maine Will Vote on a New State Flag

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. For more than a century, Maine’s […]
April 17, 2024

Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine

In a time when the headlines are dominated by wars and a divisive presidential campaign, the magazine-world rivalry between The Atlantic and The New Yorker doesn’t […]
May 31, 2023

Pottery Workshops Fill Up as People Travel to Connect Over Clay

Pottery workshops like those at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine are filling up with people who want to connect with others instead of […]
February 8, 2022

Dog-Sledding in Southern Maine's Winter Wonderland

Traversing a frozen lake with a team of dogs is an escapist dream in the winter wonderland of Southern Maine. Just remember the brake — and […]
June 15, 2021

Driving the States of Maine

For such an iconic and well-traveled thoroughfare, U.S. 1 is surprisingly unknowable. Various sites and sources disagree on when it was established and how long it […]
October 2, 2020

Leaf Peeping Is Not Canceled: 6 Drives and Hikes to Try This Fall

A leafy drive in Nashville, hikes in the Appalachian wilderness, a spin on a scenic Colorado byway: There are many ways to savor autumn while being […]
September 2, 2016

Summer Places: A Popular Vacation Stop? This New Hampshire Liquor Store Beckons

HAMPTON, N.H. — Over Independence Day weekend, a million vehicles cruised the Maine Turnpike, as Interstate 95 is known north of the Piscataqua River. It is […]