Features Unfazed by the passage of time, West Branch Pond Camps harks back to a simpler time in Maine's North Woods. By Andrew Vietze
Can you tell a peavey from a backhoe? Take our logging quiz and see how you score.
Fishing restrictions have saved shrimp in the Gulf of Maine but effectively killed off the fishermen. Rebuilding this once lucrative Maine industry could be key to saving Maine's working waterfronts. By Joshua F. Moore
The paintings of Charles Wilder Oakes reflect a hard-knock life lived with humor and gusto. By Michaela Cavallaro
For Maine's hard-core surfers, winter is the perfect time to hang ten. By Steve Mistler
Maine's largest city has quietly become a fashion hot spot. By Sara Donnelly

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By Paul Doiron
This lighthouse was built shortly before the Civil War. Can you name the beacon? Photography by Kevin Shields
Why Bangor librarians are smarter than Google. | Kennebunk's Super Bowl stalwart. | A crab by any other name. | Poem for a plow guy. | Saving the world one rock star at a time. | Waiting for a snow eater.
Hunger has become a growth industry in Maine. By Jeff Clark
Cures for unorganized growth. | Time to hammer a failed computer system. | The dark side to the racino's bright beginning. | Reading the future for Portland's Public Market.
Dining Meticulously fresh seafood is the order of the day at Suzuki's Sushi Bar in Rockland. By Christine Parrish
Books A new biography ranks Maine's Edwin Arlington Robinson among major American poets. By Bruce Allen
Getaway The romantic villages of Kennebunk and Kennebunkport will thaw any deep freeze. By Joshua F. Moore
Events Escape the winter blues by attending sizzling music, heart-warming theater, and colorful events.
Plus: The magnetic appeal of baubles. | A blanket with sleeves. | Chocolate or a chocolatey brew for Valentine's Day.
I don't have to burn wood at my home in Wilton. But, in a way, I need to burn wood. By Michael Burke
A creative captain helped this Maine paddle wheeler beat a winter gale. By Joshua F. Moore