Toy companies were unprepared for the outright mania for "Star Wars" toys in the weeks before Christmas in 1977. Rather than ...

New restaurants are heating up Maine's dining scene this November, including North Star Cantina's Texas barbecue in Wells and ...

October 2025 saw another shift in the Maine restaurant scene as several places, some open for a short period and some longstanding, closed their doors for good. Like a changing of the seasons, these ...

Peaks Island's Umbrella Cover Museum features a playful collection of over 2,000 covers, inviting visitors to enjoy Nancy's engaging spirit and colorful displays.

This took a hard and kind of unexpected turn pretty quickly. Imagine you either just wrap up a hard day of work and need to go to the grocery store to pick up some things, or you decide to wake up ...

Washington Baths is the only communal bath house in Portland, Maine. This public sauna is pretty popular. It is located at 145 Washington Avenue in Portland. Here's what it says on its website: ...

This might actually make me want to play Monopoly! From Top Trumps USA (has nothing to do with that Trump) under license by Hasbro, it's here. The new MONOPOLY: Portland, Maine Edition. Replacing the ...

These small signs on the side of Maine roads have always made me curious to know what they mean. It turns out it's pretty straightforward, but only to those who need to know about them. I've seen them ...

Who doesn't remember going to McDonald's with your family as a kid and plowing through your Happy Meal just so you could go play at McDonald's PlayPlace? I sure do! Times change, though, and only five ...

When you think of some of the tallest buildings and structures in the world, you probably think of buildings. One World Trade Center, The Empire State Building, and the numerous buildings overseas all ...

When Martha Stewart eats your food, you have just gotten THE seal of approval. Martha Stewart was in the mood for baked goods and Portland is home to some of the best bakeries in the country! She ...

Most Mainers know of '"The Maine Christmas Song", which was written and recorded in 1986, but do you know that the idea came from a local feature news reporter? Bob Elliot grew up in Winthrop, Maine, ...