Jesse Ellison

On a late-fall afternoon in the whitewashed photography studio behind her Belfast home, Lynn Karlin was up and down, making coffee and tea, offering crackers and cookies.

“I’ve never been on a team like this,” rower Leigh Dorsey says. “There was this net of trust that allowed us to pour everything we had into our oars, knowing that everyone else on the team was giving everything they had as well.” 

Photographers Dave Waddell and Tristan Spinski hit the road (and the water) to see what keeps these far-flung holdouts ticking.

After a mass shooting took the lives of 18 people last October, families, friends, and survivors were left to process their grief and trauma in myriad ways. For one couple, that meant endeavoring to reopen the bowling alley where the shooting began.

Elle Logan rowed in Beijing and London and won gold both times. This summer in Rio, she tries to make it three for three. So why haven’t you heard of Maine’s baddest Olympian?

Spending even a brief time with Amy Manning on her property in Nobleboro will produce the impression that she is lousy at sitting still.

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Long content to toil in obscurity from his quiet perch on Deer Isle, the master of photomontage drives fast, takes chances, and wonders whether he’s getting somewhere.

Her cut-glass creations, some nearly three feet tall, are designed to bounce color and light around a room.

Photographers Dave Waddell and Tristan Spinski hit the road (and the water) to see what keeps these far-flung holdouts ticking.

She is the subject of three big solo exhibitions this fall at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, New Era Gallery, and Speedwell Projects.

They’re not the stuff of epic road trips — in fact, none are more than a few miles long. Here are a few of our favorite back roads.

Rockport DIYer Jess Bailey shares her thrifty renovations — and exactly how much they cost.

In a tourist town that used to be known for straightforward tastes, the Latin-fusion restaurant invented its own niche.

A midcoast native reboots the classic country store as a smart restaurant, bar, and market.

As Maine grapples with age-old, freshly relevant issues of livability, growth, and belonging, an inquisitive look at a complicated word.

New chief curator Jaime DeSimone reflects on the museum’s reimagined exhibit spaces and ever-evolving approach to Maine art.

Suit up for a ride-along with LifeFlight of Maine, one of the country’s most elite air medical teams — and one of Maine’s most critical nonprofit enterprises.

Bristol is big on art, curios, and handmade treasures, if you know where to look.