"The sugaring season is shrinking and getting earlier. But really, the biggest thing is it’s becoming more unpredictable." ...

Come be a fly on the wall (or, perhaps, a tree) on this rare tour of homes and studios belonging to 11 celebrated Maine artists.

They were like, ‘Seriously, that’s the color you picked?’” Kitty says. “But I wanted the kitchen to look like things we make.

On a bright, blustery afternoon last spring, six women rowers gathered next to a shingled equipment shed on Belfast Harbor and began putting on sweatbands and slim, inflatable life jackets. They ...