Six stand-out locations for trail running in Maine

Three ultramarathon runners share some of their favorite training locations in Maine.

Face Time: Andrew Sharp, Bradbury Mountain’s spring hawk watcher

Why do ultra marathons award belt buckles?

The tradition stems from ultra running's shared history with long-distance horse races.

Maine ultra marathoners: running into the unknown

Ask an ultra runner "Why?" — why repeatedly put yourself through hours (sometimes days) of exhaustion, pain, bad weather and mental strain — and most will say they're on a journey to discover their limits.

In a word: Today we pray tribune to malapropisms

'Doc, I realize that you’re at the pineapple of your career, but you don’t have to be so blaze about the whole thing.'

Mystery Photo for June 6, 2021

Correctly guess where this photo was taken and enter to win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.

Face Time: Renda Guild — Livermore’s town clerk helps out in many ways

If there is some type of benefit going on in the area, she is most likely involved.

Talk of the Town: Trade you a gross green pepper for a tasty sausage

In a word: Nothing breviloquent about these long words

Coming in a somewhat distant second at 36 letters is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, a coined word for the fear of long words.

Almost forgotten artist D.D. Coombs deserves to be remembered

The once well-known Auburn painter produced local landscapes as well as portraits of Maine dignitaries, cartoons and caricatures, drawing until the day he died.