Maine State Police investigate suspected homicide after finding a dead paddleboarder, Sunshine Stewart, in Crawford Pond.

Summer stays at Old Orchard Beach are a cherished annual tradition for many neighbors to the north—until now.

Over the course of planning a summer vacation, lots of destination possibilities get tossed around. You know the ones, the ...

Tourists flocked to Maine to celebrate Independence Day Weekend, which brought a big boom for the state’s tourism industry.

Maine, however, was a real multiday American vacation in a very American place. The kind of vacation I only read about, or saw on TV. At an abstract level, I was hype.

It doesn’t get any better than this, I thought. I renewed my vow not to leave Maine in the summer. Why go anywhere else? For years, I didn’t really have a choice.