Undiscovered Maine

When driving through the town of Houlton, you likely will only notice this company’s dairy bar on Military Street. But a few turns and side roads later, you might find yourself at their production facility surrounded by the homes of many local families. But this was not always the case. The land this local dairy […]

Megan and Melissa Ten years ago, Megan Wood and Melissa Raftery began looking into a way to help support their local community on the peaceful Deer Isle in Maine’s mid-coast region. Both avid coffee drinkers, Wood and Raftery, settled on the idea of a local coffee roastery and café called 44 North Coffee. Starting a […]

On the Undiscovered Maine team’s trip to Stratton in the fall of 2019, we stopped at the Backstrap Bar & Grill to grab a bite and talk with owner Heidi Donovan. While we waited for our meals, we learned what it was like for Heidi and partner Tony Rossi to open up their first and […]