Close to 90% of Maine is forest land, including 32 state parks and Acadia National Park, its indisputable crown jewel. Maine also offers an impressive selection of top-notch restaurants, a bustling ...

I return to Portland year after year because this coastal Maine town keeps delivering new surprises. Located about 100 miles ...

After a series of deadly crashes, the public has called for the city do more to ensure safer streets for residents and ...

Mariya Greeley Beer is to Portland is what lobster is to Maine. If you visit without sampling some brew, you're missing out. Portland is considered by experts to be one of America's best beer ...

More than 100 farms and sugarhouses around the state will be celebrating ... Here are some suggestions for places to visit and things to do this Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. One of the first ...

In Business of Home’s series Shop Talk, we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another. Conversations about food, music, performance, and “weird” installation art ...

For some of the best views of the harbor, head to the historic Portland Observatory ... ships couldn't be seen from town until they came around a point of land and were practically in the harbor.

There are more than 24 bike trails in the Portland area – across both road and mountain – covering 135 miles, many of them circling near or around ... perfect place. Maine is a hotspot for ...

So, are we now supposed to believe that Willamette Week has more wisdom than Shel Silverstein? And what does Willamette Week ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Measles outbreaks ... measles has been passed around, but he notes that concept is untrue. "In developing countries where vitamin A deficiency is a lot more common, vitamin A ...

Portland city councilors Mitch Green and Loretta Smith have found common cause on a notoriously tricky transportation funding ...