This just in: New RV campground opening in Winter Harbor
Acadia's Schoodic region is getting a new RV campground. Roger and Pearl Barto, who operate the Main Stay Cottages in Winter Harbor, have added...
Cleonice is moving to The Maine Grind
Yes, it's finally happening. I spoke with chef/owner Rich Hanson yesterday, and Ellsworth's extremely popular restaurant Cleonice, located in the historical Luchini building, will...
The view from Jonesport, Maine: an authentic, ungentrified lobstering village on the down east...
Jonesport is a bona fide, way-way down east Maine lobstering village with a salty disposition and a stunning location. Not too many tourists other...
Don’t miss touring Winslow Homer’s studio on Prouts Neck, Maine
You can visit painter Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine. In September 2012, the Portland Museum of Art opened the studio where the...
When visiting Acadia National Park, don’t miss Mount Desert Island’s gardens
When immersed in the often jaw-dropping natural beauty of Acadia National Park, it may seem superfluous to seek out man-made gardens, but Mount Desert...
For a topnotch fare, find The Lost Kitchen, in Belfast, Maine
CLOSED. Chef Erin French has taken her show on the road with an Airstream food truck. Chef Matthew Kenney's The Gothic has taken over...
Maine’s Blue Hill peninsula delivers coastal Maine without the crowds
Maine's dreamy Blue Hill Peninsula is an off-the-beaten-path treasure. Galleries, restaurants, and small shops pepper the byways webbing a rolling landscape that's carved in granite, fringed with spruce, and splashed with ponds.
North Haven: autumn on a Maine island, oysters, organic produce, and Angela Adams
Most of my friends who live beyond Maine's borders think I live in the most ideal place. And they're right, to a point. But...
All is Well at Jordan’s Farm, in Cape Elizabeth, thanks to development easements—and don’t...
Last week, I had the good fortune to visit a number of Maine farms with the Maine Farmland Trust, an organization that's working to...
New pool, spa, restaurant, and other renovations at Maine’s oceanfront Samoset Resort notch up...
If you haven't been to Maine's Samoset Resort in a while, you'll be amazed at the changes. I toured the oceanfront resort in Rockport,...
Fisherman’s Inn Restaurant in Winter Harbor, Maine, shares recipes for Thai-style mussels and finnan...
Restaurants come and go in Winter Harbor, Maine, but Carl and Kathy Johnson's Fisherman's Galley has stood the test of time, serving fresh and local...
Miyake’s new restaurant in Portland, Maine, is a perfect backdrop for the master’s cuisine
Miyake has barely been in its new location in the Portland Harbor Hotel building on Fore Street for a week, but judging from my...
For Asian fare in Mid-coast Maine, Camden’s Long Grain delivers
With the exception of Suzuki's Sushi, in Rockland, most Asian restaurants in Mid-coast Maine are of the Chinah Dinah variety: lots of Americanized foods,...
Give a gift of Maine this season with personalized and signed books
Brash self promotion: This holiday season, why not give someone you know who's planning a visit to Maine, or from Maine but living elsewhere,...
Bangor’s Fiddlehead Restaurant delivers big flavors
My original plan was to graze my way through dinner by nibbling appetizers or choosing small plates at a handful of restaurants in Bangor,...
