One vital engine behind MOFGA’s Common Ground Country Fair is its team of volunteers. Barbara MacLennan and her crew stoke that engine with plates and bowls full of tasty, organic chow.

For 57 summers, Alex Katz has used the “richer light” of Lincolnville to conjure up many of the pieces in his huge body of work: many eerily quiet, some passive-aggressive, all itchingly intriguing. Here is a glimpse through the eyes of the master.

Bangor’s Husson College will officially become Husson University in October. But President Bill Beardsley is more focused on the students Husson is here for. They’re probably closer to home than you realize.

Gather smart, motivated students led by creative, dedicated educators, tuck them away on a rural planet called the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, and you get learning results that are nothing short of stellar.

The Student Recreation and Fitness Center at the University of Maine is more than a campus hub and a visual wow. The green self-sustaining facility recently earned the Silver Level of LEED certification.

Maine has a lot of smart, active, giving citizens in their golden years. Here’s how some of your neighbors are keeping their zip.

When Washington County’s school-aged population declined, Judson McBrine and his school board decided to comb the world for students. That decision has turned Washington Academy into a diverse, thriving private high school—with a globe-trotting head of school.