Features

Heat of the Moment

Whether they're in the woods, in the city, or rolling around Maine on wheels, saunas are hotter than ever here.

By Katy Kelleher | Photographed by Greta Rybus

11th Annual Reader Photo Contest

Winners, runners-up, and readers-choice shots across three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle.

Christmases to Remember

With warm mittens, blazing hearths, and scents of spruce and fir, this trio of yuletime reminiscences from the Down East archives unwraps what's timeless, essential, and wonderful about the holiday season in Maine.

By Elizabeth Longfellow Brown, J. Alvin Fisher, and Anne Fuller | Illustrations by Ross MacDonald

Where in Maine

Dooryard

North by East

Santas Helpers

Maine-made toys that make the Big Guy look good. 

Maine Moment

Singing a Different Tune

A conductor jazzes up Maine's classical-concert scene.

Where the Wild Things Are

An illustrator draws inspiration from the Maine forest.

Carving His Own Path

Menorahs and mixed-media sculptures etched with memories.

Maine Dispatches

Dining

Omelets, omelets, and more omelets in Ogunquit.

Turning Heads

Belfast residents straight up love seeing their town's off-kilter Santas. 

Put a Bow on It

How a Cape Elizabeth designer wraps up her holiday decorating.

Room With a View

A reflection on family ties.

My Favorite Place

Sculptor and holiday-lighting maven Pandora LaCasse, on Tommy's Park, in Portland.

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