Handy links for trip planning

By Hilary Nangle on May 3, 2010 | Leave a comment

VisitMaine: the state’s official tourism website with links to everything and then some. Maine: Everything official Maine. Maine weather by zone: Click and get localized reports and forecasts. Get Real Maine: One-stop link shopping for Maine foods and farms, including farmers markets, farm vacations, farm stores, etc.

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Deal Alert: Big winter savings at two of Maine’s finest inns with restaurants

By Hilary Nangle on January 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

It’s quiet season, and two of Maine’s nicest inns—the Hartstone Inn and Hideaway, in Camden, and the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth—are offering great deals. Both are known for their restaurants as well as their lodging. February is Fabulous at the Hartstone Inn & Hideaway The February is Fabulous special at the Hartstone [...]

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Maine museum musings: What’s happening at Farnsworth Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, and Penobscot Marine Museum

Maine museum musings: What’s happening at Farnsworth Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, and Penobscot Marine Museum

By Hilary Nangle on January 24, 2012 | Leave a comment

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Film fans take note: On Friday, Feb. 3, the Farnsworth is kicking off a new program, Rockland Shorts: An International Film Series, with a screening at The Strand Theatre. The bimonthly series aims to show contemporary, probing, independent films that help define the digital generation with restriction of culture, format, [...]

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Cheap airfare, free skiing, enticing dinners, and other news and notes from around Maine

By Hilary Nangle on January 23, 2012 | Leave a comment

Everybody loves a deal, and I’ve got quite a few for you. Book today: TOO LATE, YOU MISSED IT, SORRY. $49 airfare from New York, NY, (JFK) Portland, Maine (PWM) on Jet Blue. The fare is good from Jan. 30 through April 3, 2012, which means it’s perfect for a skiing/snowboarding escape to Sugarloaf, Sunday [...]

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Sunday River adds dining at The Peak series

By Hilary Nangle on January 11, 2012 | Leave a comment

Sunday River, in Newry, Maine, is launching a series of specialty Dining at the Peak dinners for 2012. These Saturday night events include guest chefs as well as wine and beer dinners. Seating is limited, so plan ahead. Here are the highlights so far: Jan. 14: A visit to Portland’s Vignola and Cinque Terre via [...]

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Start 2012 on the right foot with a First Day Hike in a Maine state park

Start 2012 on the right foot with a First Day Hike in a Maine state park

By Hilary Nangle on December 30, 2011 | Leave a comment

Maine’s State Parks are offering four, free, First Day Hikes, each led by park staff, on Sunday, Jan. 1: Aroostook, Cobscook Bay, Wolfe’s Neck Woods, and Popham Beach. Each hike will focus on the park’s natural landscape. Aroostook State Park, Presque Isle, 8-11 a.m.  Park Manager Scott Thompson will focus on “Stories in the Snow,” [...]

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