Maybe we’re happiness camels, and we store these precious moments of felicity in our hump while making the long trek across the desert, searching out one blessed water stop after another. Read More
Features
Follow this advice and your brain — and hopefully your grades at the end of the semester — will thank you. Read More
Say “Highlands” and people often think bagpipes, kilts, clans, castles and the rugged green hills of northwestern Scotland. But did you know Maine has its very own Highlands? Read More
“I’ve always been very studious and always thought about my grades and I do love school, but taking a gap year I found out who I was as a person instead of who I was as a student.” Read More
Arts & Culture
“Recycled Landscapes” is an art series in which Mariah Reading collects pieces of trash that haven't been disposed of properly from scenic areas and paints landscapes on them, reflecting where the items were found. Read More
Earlier this year, my kids and I fell in love with “The Good Witch,” a Hallmark show with reruns on Netflix. It’s not quite the typical formulaic show you’d expect from the channel created by a greeting card company, but it is pretty wholesome. Read More
Only in Maine can you see a show like this. Read More
Food & Drink
From restaurant dishes to drinks, cooking products to desserts, we love to share a wide variety of foods. Read More
Every month, the Bangor Metro Obsessions: Food column features what we can’t get enough of. From restaurant dishes to drinks, cooking products to desserts, we love to share a wide variety of foods. Read More
I am a sucker for trying new vegetables. In the springtime, the farmers market always seems to be teeming with them. Read More
Health & Fitness
Too much time at the grind dulls our edges. But, one could say the same about leisure. Read More
There’s an old Zambian proverb, “When you run alone, you run fast. When you run together, you run far.” Read More
Summer is here. Children want to run around and play. But it’s important to know that children can get very hot very quickly and need help to stay hydrated — or know when it’s too hot to play outside. Read More
Outside
Home & Family
"What was once a carefree existence, becomes a cautious existence where they perceive everyone to be watching them and judging them." Read More
Consider the following ten pieces of advice for shared goals of teaching and parenting. Read More
Kids need real wild things and experiences, as well as information. Read More
How-To
Experts caution it’s important to understand that canning is a science, so recipes from reputable sources need to be followed exactly. Read More
It’s a fun, relatively easy project that you can make as elaborate or simple as you want or as time allows. Read More
How to create a scrubby sponge with netting from a clementines box. Read More
What better time than fall, when the holiday season is just getting warmed up, to find ways to reconnect with the people you love most? Read More
Yes means yes. That’s the message that Maine secondary students will learn in health classes as a result of legislation passed earlier this year. Read More
"Watching the girls tube around the lake, hearing their screams, laughing at the way their bodies sprawl across floats like seals drying in the sun, I’m taken back to my girlhood." Read More
Maine's past is brimming with oddball vacation stories featuring visitors “from away” on the loose in Vacationland, a nickname that first appeared on license plates in 1936. Read More
Though life as the community knew it in Bucksport seemed over when the Verso paper mill closed in 2014, the community decided to turn its grief into opportunity. Read More
This summer will be one of learning and stretching and trying new things for my kids. But it will also be one of exploring and venturing out. Read More
Show me a teacher who doesn’t love summer, and I’ll show you my pet unicorn. Read More
"When I was a child, I heard that if someone straightened out Maine's craggy coastline, it would stretch nearly 3,500 miles. By 1960, at age 8, I realized the only number that really mattered was 144, the distance from Bangor to Old Orchard Beach." Read More
Camp food inevitably tastes better while camping. Read More
When it comes to dining out in Maine, the state is a foodie’s dream come true. Read More
Maine author Denis Dauphinee is now giving voice to the last days of Geraldine Largay’s life. The book, Dauphinee hopes, will help make sense of what happened while giving readers a chance to draw their own conclusions. Read More
Every month, the Bangor Metro Obsessions: Arts & Culture column features what we can’t get enough of. From books to fitness, movies to podcasts, we cover a little of everything. Read More
In the midst of all the chaos, stillness can be found through mindfulness. And you can practice it anywhere. Read More
As it turns out, I feel as awkward as an adult as I did as a child. Read More
This mud pie-making season, make sure to let your kid get as dirty as possible. Read More
Yoga can benefit one’s mental state, including attention, memory, stress level and balance — all things that can be affected by traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Read More
A four-hour drive west of Bangor takes you smack into Quebec’s Eastern Townships, a region packed with lakes, farmers markets, gourmet restaurants, quaint inns, vineyards and some of the friendliest folks you are going to meet west of Maine. Read More
If you are a sushi lover but don't want to roll it yourself, you'll love this easy version. Read More
Don’t have a regular practice but are interested in developing one? Sometimes a nontraditional class may be the best place to start. Read More
After 30 years in peach production, Gordon Kenyon is ready to share the Locust Grove farm and farming duties with the next generation. Read More
