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Reading, Writing, and Outboards

Maritime learning for Lincoln Academy students

Ice Time in Rockport

An old-fashioned ice harvest

Kennebunk

Kennebunk’s streets and mansions reflect the fortunes made by shipyards and mills in years gone by.

Winslow Myers in Motion

In his paintings, Nobleboro artist Winslow Myers seeks to represent the mystery of reality.

Luders 16s Reprise their Championship Regatta

After a nearly two-decades-long pause, the Luders 16 class rallied in Northeast Harbor to crown an international champion.

A Fisherman’s Tale

A saltwater fisherman shares helpful advice for weathering the long cold hiatus before the stripers and blues return.

Dorothy, Oh Dorothy

A brief encounter with a salty looking workboat leaves an artist wondering about what might have been.

Salmon, Shrimp, Whale Pods, and a Chowder Race

News, news, and even more news

Junk Journeys

A Gouldsboro Point sailor plies the coast on her junk-rigged sailing barge, Great Auk

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Magalloway Conservation Project: Land Trusts Rally to Preserve Western Maine Landscape

The collective efforts of four groups working to protect the Magalloway

Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation: Preserving a very special wild river and its legacy

On July 28, 1857, Penobscot guide Joe Polis paddled his birch bark canoe across Eagle Lake to Pillsbury Island before returning to camp on the north shore of Chamberlain Lake, with Henry David Thoreau in the bow, and laden with 150 pounds of gear, to see the party safely from the shores of Moosehead Lake to Indian Island on the Penobscot River.

Maine Briefs

Boat Show News

The 2025 Maine Boat & Home Show poster features art by Stephen Florimbi

A plein air painter's perfect summer day sets the scene.

Maine Boat & Home Show Names New Manager for 2025

Kate Holden to lead the 2025 event

The Daily 5

Call her the seal queen. Lynda Doughty rescues and rehabilitates stranded seals and other mammals.
Boatyard Profile: Padebco Boatyard
Walt Simmons of Duck Trap Woodworking has perfected the construction of versatile wherries for rowing and sailing
Photographer Dan Tobyne has written a book about the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. In this excerpt he recounts a trip down the…
A glimpse back at Maine's harvest season