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Back in the days before retailers like Gap, J. Crew or American Eagle Outfitters, there were guys like L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch.
The big snowstorms of autumn are just memories in New England, where people who make their living off winter tourism are losing income and New Hampshire primary candidates lack picturesque winterscapes for photo ops. Tourists in the West play golf instead of skiing. In Midwestern hockey country, you can barely slog a puck through the slush.
A nearly century-old hunting boot is catching on with a younger generation that sees the utilitarian footwear as hip.
A man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him admitted Monday that he sexually abused a boy in Maine.
A man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him in 2002 is seeking to suppress what his lawyer maintains was a coerced confession in his own molestation case.
Long before Europeans arrived, the Passamaquoddy tribe spent summers feasting on seafood along the rocky shore of Passamaquoddy Bay, known for its dramatic tidal changes. In the winter, the tribe traveled up the St. Croix River in birch canoes to hunt deer, caribou and moose in vast tracts of woods.
Stung by past casino defeats, the Passamaquoddy Indians aren't opening their wallets to back a new referendum campaign that would create a tribal-run racetrack casino.
The tropical storms that drenched the Northeast this year left an unexpected bounty: Thousands of mushrooms have sprung up on some lawns, and foragers have filled bags with wild ones plucked from the earth, stumps and logs.
Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar.
Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from Maine's potato country and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation's school lunch programs.
Seven years after Ralph Nader's failed presidential campaign, his legal team went before Maine's highest court Wednesday in what could be his final bid to sue Democrats and others he claims conspired to try to keep him off the 2004 ballot in Maine and more than a dozen other states.
The Farmers' Almanac has a hole punched in the corner, made for hanging it on a hook in the outhouse "library" in the olden days. These days, though, there are some higher-tech options, including social networks, cell phones and e-readers.
A former Air Force intelligence specialist who claimed to have explosives aboard a trans-Atlantic flight suffered from a brief psychotic break caused by a lack of sleep, dehydration and body-building substances, and is free to resume his life because he's not a threat, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Abused by his father as a boy to the point that he ran away from home, Maine Gov. Paul LePage knows about domestic abuse. On Saturday, he expressed "zero tolerance" for it and encouraged Mainers not to remain silent about abusive relationships.
Gay marriage supporters began laying the groundwork Thursday for another referendum on the issue, hoping to build on momentum from New York which last week became the sixth state to allow same-sex marriage. Critics said the divisive issue was already settled by a statewide vote and that there's no need for another referendum.
The state agency investigating a ski lift accident that sent chairs plummeting 25 to 35 feet at Sugarloaf found an inadequate maintenance program and inconsistent training, and noted that the resort didn't even have a complete maintenance manual for the 35-year-old lift, according to a report released Friday.
Folks living in far-flung places like Fort Kent can be forgiven for feeling overlooked by federal bureaucrats because of their remote location, nearly 300 miles from the state capital and a world away from Washington. All the same, it still stings when someone openly admits a remote town isn't worth the hassle.
Even as her son's image was plastered across TV and computer screens nationwide while authorities worked to identify the little boy found dead along a dirt road in Maine, his mother dutifully called his Texas school daily to report his absence.
Navy SEAL wannabes lie to get free beers, to get women into bed, to further their civilian careers or to get military benefits. And the number of phonies will probably only grow with the SEALs in the spotlight for the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
As long as there have been Navy SEALs, there have been men pumping up their resumes or thumping their chests in bars with bogus claims of being one of the Navy's elite warriors.
The mother of a Navy SEAL killed in a firefight in Afghanistan christened a warship bearing her son's name on Saturday as the leader of the nation's special forces said those who died that day would be comforted to know that the al-Qaida leader who caused the war in Afghanistan was killed by the U.S. military.
Judging by the reaction of Maine's congressional delegation, a wealthy conservationist has some convincing to do if she's to sell her idea of another national park in Maine.
Maine sportsmen were outraged when Roxanne Quimby, the conservation-minded founder of Burt's Bees cosmetics, bought up tens of thousands of acres of Maine's fabled North Woods — and had the audacity to forbid hunters, loggers, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles on the expanses.
As retailers increasingly turn to free shipping to lure customers, L.L. Bean is upping the ante by waiving shipping fees all the time, with no minimum order, putting pressure on rivals.
After two consecutive years of declines, outdoors and clothing retailer L.L. Bean finished 2010 with a 5.7 percent increase in sales, indicating skittish customers are feeling better about opening their wallets, the company said Monday.
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