We’re saturated with information about what It’s like to be an adult during the pandemic. But what about kiddoes? This a kid’s take on what it means to be alive during COVID-19. Pritha RaySircar takes us into the world of her 10-yr-old nephew. Online learning. Video games. No recess. No soccer practice. Just locked down at home. With his family. And in the end, we’ll hope to learn what it means to be little. In a crisis so large.

Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.

A first person account of self-isolating in 300 square feet. Names and voices have been changed to protect identity.

In October 2020, Dave DeMerchant led clients into the North Maine Woods for his last moose hunt before the season ended. It was a particularly strange time for DeMerchant, a guide of more than three decades. Just a few weeks prior, he had received some unsettling news. PLEASE NOTE: This piece contains profanity and loud gunshots.

Sean Kelly is a metal detectorist and a scuba diver. He became aware of ring finder by way of watching Youtube videos and eventually finding out about a website called theringfinders.com. He has since recovered more than 15 lost rings or precious items for folks throughout the northeast. In this story, Sean meets Matt Smith. Matt’s ring is somewhere laying somewhere at the bottom of Hopkins Pond. Can Sean return the ring to Matt and Amy?

Samantha Paradis was elected as the mayor of Belfast at 26-years-old, the youngest and first Queer Mayor of the city. At first things were good, but soon they weren't.

In an attempt to understand the paranormal, Malia Lukomski goes looking for it.

Natalie Gregory investigates one of the biggest property thefts in Maine history, which involved six original NC Wyeth paintings valued at $36 million dollars.

Portland, Maine is known for having something for everyone - even fans of the 90’s alternative band Ween. But as Portland’s downtown changes, weirdos are wondering - what’s happening to their beloved public spaces?

For 13 years between 2007 and 2020, a treasure hunt took place on Mount Desert Island. For one family in Bar Harbor, the treasure hunt became a central aspect of life.

This piece investigates the browntail moth outbreak in Maine, specifically focused on the impact in Camden Hills State Park. Alongside the reporter, dive into the moth’s origins, their effects on both people and the environment, and the role climate change plays in their spread.

In the summer before moving to Maine, Katherine Moncure finds items from a woman who lived in Portland over a hundred years ago, tucked into a book she had owned for years. Katherine’s determined to find out who that woman was.