A dozen friends gather in Hampden for one of their frequent gourmet dinner parties. Tonight's theme is Italian. Co-host Steven Butterfield puts the finishing touches on his chicken piccata. Life is good.

June Grey overcame well-meaning teachers and commercial demands to rediscover her true colors.

Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself. --Ruth Stout

Brewer police chief Steve Barker spent more than a year a long way from home, helping Iraq build a new police force. It was an experience the Bucksport native wouldn't trade for the world.

BANGOR’S SISTER-CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK IS EXPANDING THE NOTION OF “KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY.”

Bangor Symphony Orchestra's Xiao-Lu Li is a maestro of heartfelt connections.