Sarah Hoover, program director at Apex Youth Connection in Biddeford, Maine. From the outside, Apex Youth Connection doesn’t try to impress you. The building on Granite Street isn’t pretty. It’s scrappy. It looks like a place built for use, not for show. The kind of place that gets the job done and doesn’t apologize for it. Inside, the order reveals itself. Bikes and bike parts are everywhere, but nothing is careless. Handlebars hang in clean rows. Cranks, chains, gears — al

From President Bush at Cape Arundel to mornings on the Atlantic, a family’s life on the land Greg, left, and Bob Searle on the first hole at Abenakee Club. If you arrive before sunrise at the Abenakee Club in Biddeford Pool, you can watch the world brighten in layers. The ocean moves first, catching a strip of pink before anything else. Wood Island Lighthouse glows white long before the neighborhoods wake up. And then, at a certain angle that only appears in spring and fall,

When Cheryl and Dale Wilkinson first stepped inside the centuries-old barn on Dennett Road, they didn’t just see decay — they saw history worth saving. The beams were hand-hewn, the floors uneven, the air thick with memory. Years of renovation later, This Old Barn stands again in all its rustic glory: a 202-year-old structure now alive with weddings, laughter, and the steady pulse of family effort. How an Old Farm Became a Barn Venue Rebuilding This Old Barn in Dayton, Maine

Katie and Cody Sherer, owners of Mainely Blooms at 1903 Portland Road in Arundel, Maine. Photo by Cy Cyr. Three Generations on the Same Patch of Maine Soil Here on a long, humming stretch of Route 1 in Arundel, a family’s land has been put to work for three generations—and three entirely different businesses. That continuity is the quiet power behind Mainely Blooms , the perennial nursery and flower farm owned by Cody and Katie Sherer at 1903 Portland Road in Arundel, Maine

The Pemigewasset Overlook, left and the Graham Overlook, right along the Kancamangus Highway on Sunday, September 28, 2025. For southern...

Video of striped bass off the coast of Biddeford, Maine

A boat tour around Wood Island Lighthouse in Biddeford, Maine