My Wild Neighbors: Drifters
Lion’s mane jellyfish can be six feet across with 120-foot tentacles. Here’s how you treat a sting.
THE U-TURN: Deer Isle fisherman wins grand prize at boat race
Local captain drives away with a brand new side-by-side
Bucksport Art Festival to showcase local creativity and talent
Aug. 9 event to feature music, art, and food along Bucksport’s waterfront
This church might have the best lunch deal in the area
The Penobscot Cafe fosters friendship and conversation — and battles isolation — with a meal for just $7
WHEEL WATCH: Rowing with Cousin Julia
How a rowboat opened up a world of adventure for a Stonington boy and his ‘dumb old girl cousin’
Brooksville throws a party for America’s 250th
A parade, concert, and hundreds of snow cones were all part of the celebration
THE U-TURN: Sail ho!
A kayaker’s sea-level view of the biggest wooden boat race in the world
THE U-TURN: Cribbage for a cause, a blue lobster, tidal communities
Summer sightings from across the peninsula
U-TURN: Penobscot officially opens new bridge with a party
Officials host free cookout for town that adapted to a 30-day closure of a major road
WHEEL WATCH: The colorful chaos of Stonington Lobster Boat Races
In the 1980s, Brian Robbins’ summers ‘revolved’ around the classic island event
U-TURN: Peninsula celebrates nation’s 250th
From Stonington to Castine, Peninsula people turn out for America’s 250th.
My Wild Neighbors: Close encounters of the pinniped kind
Two of the world’s 33 species of seals live year-round in Maine
BOOK REVIEW: A ghostly adventure for middle grade readers
In a fictional version of our beloved peninsula, friends band together together to save nearby Camp Asticou
WHEEL WATCH: When ‘Jacques Strapp & The Sweat Band’ took centerstage
Brian Robbins and his band became a Fourth of July staple in the 1980’s
U-TURN: A reporter meets her Star Trek hero
A local Trekkie takes a voyage of her own to meet the iconic Capt. Kirk at a new museum of the hit TV show
WHEEL WATCH: Newfoundland—the Island 60 years ago
A trip up the Canadian coast leads to fond memories of Stonington—and a call on a public phone to a departed older brother
THE U-TURN: Reminders of our maritime history
Big Jim has arisen in Searsport; Angelique sails by Cape Rosier
THE U-TURN: Jousting for joy at Fort Knox
Fort Knox hosts a medieval village and the The Barony of Endewearde
My Wild Neighbors: Warm June nights and ‘dazzling’ lights
Maine is home to 15 different kinds of fireflies, 11 are ‘flashers’
BOOK REVIEW: A love letter to the ‘odyssey of an ordinary life’
Author Caitlin Shetterly, who grew up in Surry, considers ‘a life of pleasure or the deep tethering of family