Graves was artistic director of the Maine Festival, the state’s showcase summer arts and music event for decades. He and his wife started the New Year’s Portland celebration in the early 1980s and also ran the Center for Cultural Exchange in Portland.
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30 things that should be on every Mainer’s bucket list
Here are the natural wonders to see, events to attend and places to visit if you want to truly know the state.
How Maine teachers are using AI in the classroom
As some school districts work to set up guidelines, one platform, MagicSchool, already has over 8,500 educator accounts in Maine.
A guide to Maine’s 67 lighthouses
Scroll through or use our county filters to learn a little about their history and pick one to visit next.
Immigrant owners are preserving Maine’s variety stores and markets
New Mainers are buying and operating village markets and variety stores across the state, often in rural areas where they are preserving the only retail access to gas, groceries and other necessities for miles around.
Police searching for missing Brunswick woman
Rebecca Dorr was last seen near the Botany Place neighborhood on Monday.
Maine fishermen aren’t afraid of great white sharks. They’re fascinated.
‘If I see a fin near the surface, I always go and check it out,’ said fisherman Cory Hawkes, who spotted 10 great white sharks near Harpswell in July.
Harpswell Lobster boat races draw big crowd, hungry competitors
The annual races drew nearly 100 boats and 1,200 people from up and down the coast of Maine.
Have a lobster boat to race? Sunday is your next chance.
The races in Harpswell, which are part of a summer circuit in Maine, will begin around 10 a.m.
Harpswell issues warning after great white sharks spotted near Bailey Island
Maine’s only fatal shark attack took place in the area in 2020, prompting the state to deploy sensors along the coast to track tagged white sharks.