This time five years ago, Portland was gearing up for a new winter festival modeled after Quebec City's famed Carnaval ...

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2007. People loved our story. Rowland and I had ...

Gregory Gourdet, a chef whose parents immigrated from Haiti to Queens, New York, in the 1960s, started out with a two-day pop ...

Answering the call from both locals and tourists, a new small item convenience store is set to open in Portland's Old Port ...

The area is lined with cobblestone streets and 19th-century warehouses, and with the wharf just steps away on Commercial Street, the city's heyday as a world-renowned port town is easily felt.

A decades-old Cumberland County sexual abuse case is revived when the suspect reappears — but justice has proven to be ...

According to Wikipedia, Kittery was first settled by Europeans in 1623. It was first incorporated as a town in 1647. Since ...

As us craft beer lovers are gearing up for another full day of sampling local and regional craft brews, it occurred to me ...

It's time for Maine Guide Mondays where guide Catherine Gordon explores the beautiful wildlife and nature across the state.

Approaching his 98th birthday, Charlie Presby, bearer of the Boston Post Cane, reflects on his life — praising Klondike bars ...

In total, downtown Portland saw around 27.3 million visits in 2024, echoing signs of a recovering city center if big events ...

Daphne Murphy creates art from ailing artifacts with her scissors and sewing machine. Raised in Orono, Maine, Murphy didn’t start sewing in earnest until she declared a major in fashion design and ...