Roller rink rounds out 97th season in Smithfield

A mainstay in the rural Somerset County community and one of the last rinks in Maine, Sunbeam Roller Rink has no plans to slow down.

New owner has modern plans for old Stimson Memorial Hall in Gray

Loon Island, a Cumberland real estate holding company, hopes to create a cultural center.

How a boy from the coast of Maine became a world famous female circus star

The life of Samuel Wasgatt, who performed under the name of Lulu in the 1870s, is just as odd as it sounds.

Bates College receives $192,000 grant to catalog Marsden Hartley artworks

The online listing will include the entire collection of the Lewiston artist.

What do Bernie Madoff and Sylvia Plath have in common? Malcolm Gladwell explains

'Talking to Strangers' looks at the harm that comes when we fail to understand one another.

Society Notebook: A feast from the sea, for the sea

Held in Harpswell, Hook, Line & Dinner is an annual fundraiser for the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association.

Anderson Cooper opens up about his mother’s death

The son of Gloria Vanderbilt, who died in June from stomach cancer, says people sharing their stories of loss and grief have been 'the most helpful thing.'

Book review: In ‘White Flights,’ a writer reassesses the literary canon

Book review: ‘The Perfect Wife’ has intriguing plot, chilling finale

JP Delaney's third psychological thriller, 'The Perfect Wife,' puts – almost perfectly – a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of 'The Stepford Wives'

Maine lobster lovers hope for no drama in sea goddess event

The Maine Lobster Festival is getting started in Rockland with Wednesday's big event of the 72nd Maine Sea Goddess Coronation.