The Harpswell Anchor, a handsome little 32-page monthly tabloid newspaper, got its start in 1998, when lobsterman Bob Anderson found himself looking for a career change. Already a writer, Anderson ...

Soon after I moved to Kennebunkport, in 2009, I got a job working at Wink’s, a mom-and-pop sandwich shop. The store opened at 5 a.m., which made it the preferred morning hangout for the town’s ...

Know your seaweed: when it's in season, what it tastes like, and how best to use it in the kitchen. Location: Subtidal on rocky substrate, found in more sheltered environments and in areas of strong ...

Dr. Henry Puharich's research involved gathering “sensitives” from around the world for testing at Rockport's Glen Cove. One Sunday afternoon in August 1955, the world-renowned British author Aldous ...

With its extreme weather and short summers, Maine can seem daunting to novice gardeners, as well as green thumbs relocating from warmer climates. The good news is gardening in Maine really isn’t more ...

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 ...

In a brief chapter of Moby-Dick, Ishmael and his crewmates encounter flip aboard a passing whaler, off the coast of Patagonia. “Flip? Did I say we had flip?” he gushes. “Yes, and we flipped it at the ...

Known for his screen roles (in, say, Lost or Deadwood), Welliver is also a painter. He’s exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art and at galleries in Camden and Portland (as well as outside ...

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The long drive to Castine from Portland puts me in a headspace where the present collides with the past. The sun is warm and bright; the car hums with the prospect of adventure. Beautifully maintained ...

Noah Kleiner, an American Mountain Guides Association certified ice instructor, founded the Camden-based Equinox Guiding Service in 2016. Across Maine, he teaches rock climbing and mountaineering and, ...

[C]aptain Lemuel Moody was one of Munjoy Hill’s first prospectors. At the turn of the 19th century, the aging Moody quit his work as a sea captain after he was kidnapped and held briefly by pirates, ...