PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - A longtime New England storyteller is sharing decades of experience with students in Aroostook County. For nearly half a century, Mel Allen has told the stories of New ...

Mel Allen’s new book is “Here in New England: Unforgettable Stories of People, Places, and Memories That Connect Us All” (Earth Sky + Water 2025). Photo courtesy of the author I first got to know Mel ...

Hang around Maine long enough and you’re bound to run into someone who’s got a story about the state’s most famous resident. Mel Allen’s got a good one from the 1970s. "We lived pretty close. He lived ...

For me – as for most of us – part of the allure of travel is getting to know the personality of a region; the rhythm of the people, how they interact with their backdrop and the history that’s built ...

GROTON — What makes New England feel like home? Is it the places themselves or the people and stories that connect them? These questions will be explored when author and longtime editor Mel Allen ...