As it turns out, islanders are committed to cutting energy costs and consumption, as became apparent...

Located near the rock off the coast of Percé is Bonaventure Island, a Canadian national park...

She assumed they now lived on North Haven full time, and was disappointed to find they would leave in August.

Best Philbrook is one of the people featured in the Swan’s Island Historical Society’s new exhibit at the Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse, called “Maritime Women on Swan's Island.”

Avocado toast is quite a thing, actually, with claims of origins in Australia and California.

The Library of America recruited the help of editor Sandra Steingraber in recently publishing a new retrospective on marine biologist Rachel Carson and her seminal role in jump-starting environmentalism...

Whether it’s aboard a restored schooner or a retrofit lobster boat, there are plenty of opportunities for visitors and locals to enjoy the sublime experience of being on the saltwater in Maine. It may be for a few hours or a few days, but businesses abound offering such outings.

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking ofEl Faro 

By Rachel Slade (HarperCollins, 2018)

Reviewed by Tina Cohen