Back then, as they are now, Mainers were tough, self-reliant, independent and, despite sometimes grumbling about their neighbors, always ready to lend a hand when needed. Read More
Features
A pleasure drive through the St. John Valley should not be a rush job. You want to take time to soak up all the history, culture, cuisine, scenery and recreation the region has to offer. Read More
Whatever the truth about where America first broke bread and gave thanks, Thanksgiving remains a placid holiday filled with food, football and parades. Read More
Follow this advice and your brain — and hopefully your grades at the end of the semester — will thank you. Read More
Arts & Culture
Christmas-free wintery movies provide a different kind of salve for the soul. Read More
Here’s a list to quickly get you in the mood for that holiday magic. Read More
You may or may not know Eric Zelz as a person. But you likely recognize his distinctive artistic style, whether you realize it or not. Read More
Food & Drink
There are plenty of ways to carry your food coma into the next week. Read More
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
Health & Fitness
Sniffling and sneezing? Seemingly suffering from back-to-back cold symptoms through winter? Winter allergies may be the culprit. Read More
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
Outside
Got your deer yet? Normally, the answer is “yes” or “no.” When the answer is “maybe,” Lindsay Ware gets the call. Read More
The leaves have fallen. The songbirds have flown south. Days are short. And the tourists have fled. Read More
Mainers enjoy amazing fall foliage, and we don’t take it for granted. Read More
Home & Family
Christmas can be challenging after a loved one's death. But there are ways to still find the holiday joy and honor their memory. Read More
After being married for 16 years, and a mother for 15 of those years, my first holiday season post-divorce was something I was dreading. Read More
The holiday season is the ultimate time for being cozy and slowing down to enjoy friends and family. Read More
How-To
A non-traditional wreath goes great with your holiday decor, but won’t look out of place if you leave it up after everything else has been put away. Read More
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
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
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
“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
Consider the following ten pieces of advice for shared goals of teaching and parenting. Read More
I never thought that I would be an environmental hero. But thanks to my innate laziness, I’m crushing it! Read More
“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
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
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
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
Kids need real wild things and experiences, as well as information. Read More
Show me a teacher who doesn’t love summer, and I’ll show you my pet unicorn. Read More
Only in Maine can you see a show like this. 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
