Not everyone has the same needs, appetite for risk, or time horizon, so every portfolio should be tailored specifically to the needs of the client.

After more than two centuries, the family-owned hardware store still carries the basics that Eastporters need to keep their ...

Residents of Blueberry Fields Cooperative leveraged a new law (and raised $26 million) to buy the land beneath their homes.

There’s a modest plaque on a slab of stone off Old County Road in Rockport, in the yard of what is now the Nativity Lutheran Church. “In Commemoration,” it begins, in capital letters. “This is the ...

Nominate Your Faves in the 2025 Best of Maine Reader Poll! Bookstores to burgers, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects — we want to know what Maine businesses and organizations YOU are ...

Wendell Gilley of Southwest Harbor is a near-legend among admirers of carved birds. Over a period of 35 years, he has produced more than 6,000 carvings, some selling for several thousand dollars.

From pomegranate frosted to classic chocolate, these are the doughnuts our staff loves the most.

Late one afternoon last March, the sun was going down and so was the temperature. Alan Greene, sporting his usual black Carhartt overalls and a handlebar mustache, hopped into his pickup and drove ...

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from October’s photo. Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where ...

Come be a fly on the wall (or, perhaps, a tree) on this rare tour of homes and studios belonging to 11 celebrated Maine artists.