There are still plenty of trucks around Maine with "Ban Roxanne" stickers on their rear bumpers. But the lightning rod that has been Roxanne Quimby seems to attract a good deal fewer strikes these ...

This winter, Daniel O’Leary will move to Portland for the second time when he begins a new job as CEO of Roxanne Quimby’s three influential philanthropies. But the city he will return to will be far ...

TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 8, Maine (AP) -- The rolling forests where Henry David Thoreau once paddled a river in the shadow of Mount Katahdin are at the center of a fight over a $100 million offer by the ...

Wabanaki artwork is displayed in the Tekakapimək Contact Station, Jan. 7, 2025, at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, ...

For more than a decade, there's been talk of creating a new national park in the heart of the Maine woods. Most locals were opposed from the start, but as the economy here changes, opposition is ...

In the 1970s, Roxanne Quimby was trying to live a simpler life – one that rejected the pursuit of material comforts. She moved to Maine, built a... Burt's Bees: Roxanne Quimby (2019) In the 1970s, ...

ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Maine — The founder of Burt’s Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what would become ...

PARKMAN, Maine — Conventional wisdom suggests the Burt behind Burt’s Bees left the company after he became disillusioned with the corporate world in North Carolina and wanted to return to his solitary ...

Everyone knows Bezos, Bloomberg, Branson and Brin, but the celebrity success stories that dominate the headlines of America’s entrepreneurial news are far from the only tales of inspiration. Founders ...

PARKMAN, Maine (AP) — Conventional wisdom suggests the Burt behind Burt’s Bees left the company after he became disillusioned with the corporate world in North Carolina and wanted to return to his ...

ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — The founder of Burt’s Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what would ...