Is There Something Wrong With the Air in South Portland, Maine?
Residents have lived near more than 100 massive petroleum storage tanks for decades, never really knowing if they’re breathing in dangerous chemicals. Now they’re fighting to find out.
Residents have lived near more than 100 massive petroleum storage tanks for decades, never really knowing if they’re breathing in dangerous chemicals. Now they’re fighting to find out.
Kathryn Miles Boston Globe Magazine Jun 2021 15min Permalink
Last year’s first-ever fatal shark attack jolted Mainers into acknowledging that great whites regularly swim off the state’s shores—and that there’s plenty about them we don’t know.
Kathryn Miles Down East Jun 2021 15min Permalink
Investigating one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2020 20min Permalink
Can a December marathon in Northern Maine, organized by an eccentric long-distance runner, make a difference to a former mill town?
Kathryn Miles Down East Nov 2016 20min Permalink
More than 250 people have died since 2011 taking pictures of themselves in dangerous locations.
Kathryn Miles Outside Apr 2019 15min Permalink
Maine adopted Kenyan runner Moninda Marube as a symbol of human trafficking’s invisible casualties. But a close look at his case raises hard questions — and illustrates the challenge of investigating and prosecuting trafficking crimes.
Kathryn Miles Down East Jun 2018 25min Permalink
The 66-year-old became lost while hiking the Appalachian Trail. She survived for at least 16 days before crawling into her sleeping bag one last time, her journal sealed in a waterproof bag.
Kathryn Miles Boston Globe Aug 2016 15min Permalink
From equipment that doesn’t fit to an ill-equipped VA medical system.
Kathryn Miles Boston Globe May 2015 15min Permalink
On July 22, 2013, 66-year-old Gerry Largay began hiking a 32 mile section of the Appalachian Trail. She hasn’t been heard from since.
Kathryn Miles Boston Globe Dec 2014 15min Permalink
How the Bounty, a busted-up replica built in 1960 for the film Mutiny on the Bounty, ended up 100 miles out to sea during the height of Hurricane Sandy.
Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2013 30min Permalink