By Hilary Nangle on February 15, 2013
Here’s a sampling of events and opportunities that have recently cross my desk. • Washington County Through Eastern’s Eye, an exhibit of 33 historic Washington County photographs from the Penobscot Marine Museum’s collection, will open Feb. 15 at the Cherryfield Public Library. The exhibit, drawn from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company collection, is based [...]
Posted in Down East Coast, Events, Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Cherryfield, Freeport, Portland, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on February 7, 2013
In a state where nearly every restaurant features farm-to-table fare, Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn is elevating the message. Chip Gray, innkeeper of Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn, has teamed with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and Maine Farmland Trust, to recreate the inn’s Maine Dining Room as Maine Harvest. The restaurant remains open as the changes [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Freeport, Harraseeket Inn, Maine Dining Room, Maine Harvest |
By Hilary Nangle on August 17, 2012
A roundup of interesting events this coming week and beyond throughout Maine. Film & Dinner: On Aug. 18, at 5:30 p.m., Eagle Hill Institute, in Steuben, will screen the film Dangers of the Ice Age, presented by Hal Borns, of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The program is free. A restaurant-style [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Deals, Down East Coast, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, AMC Maine Wilderness Lodges, Camden, Cape Elizabeth, Eagle Hill Institute, Eastport, Freeport, Inn by the Sea, Lobsterpalooza, Mahoosuc Guide SErvice, Monhegan, Mount Desert Island, Newry, Rockland, Schoodic, SERC, Steuben, Tides Institute and Art Museum, Winter Harbor, Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park |
By Hilary Nangle on June 19, 2012
I asked accessible travel maven Candy Harrington to write a guest post about accessible travel in Maine. Here she shares her thoughts on Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn, which has made the necessary modifications to welcome guests with mobility issues. Innkeepers make their properties accessible for a variety of reasons. For some, it’s just the right thing [...]
Posted in Birding/wildlife viewing, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Shopping, Tips, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged accessible lodging, accessible travel, barrier-free travel, Candy Harrington, Freeport |
By Hilary Nangle on May 30, 2012
This you’ve got to see: As part of its 100th anniversary celebration, L.L. Bean will attempt to get 100 employees into a nearly 500-foot-long modular kayak in an attempt for a Guinness World Record as part of its annual PaddleSports Weekend, June 1-3, 2012. The attempt will be made on at 11 a.m. on Sat. [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Greater Portland, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged boating, Freeport, L.L. Bean |
By Hilary Nangle on May 25, 2012
Looking for some fun activities in Maine for this Memorial Day weekend? Here are a few suggestions, along with a few upcoming deals and events that require advance planning and reservation. • Memorial Weekend Fun at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport Recuperate from a shopping spree at L.L. Bean or Freeport’s outlets with a [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Hotels, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bethel, Camden, Damariscotta, Fish ladder, Freeport, Inns of Blackberry Common, Kennebunk, Oliver's, southport island, The Grand Hotel, Winter Harbor, Wolfe's Neck Woods |
By Hilary Nangle on May 3, 2012
Health food stores and natural foods groceries, along with Asian, Indian, and Mexican restaurants, are the usual go-tos for on-the-road vegetarians and vegans. While many of Maine’s restaurants, especially those specializing in farm-to-table fare, offer at least one vegetarian entree, only a handful of restaurants in the state deliver menus created for or catering to [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Greater Portland, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Resources, Southern Coast/Beaches, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, Belfast, Cape Nedick, Chase's Daily, Corsican Restaurant, Damariscotta, Eden Vegetarian cafe, Ellsworth, Frankie and Johnny's, Freeport, gluten free, Green Elephant vegetarian Bistro, Lewiston, Little Lad's, Norway, Pepperclub, Portland, Riverside Cafe, Salt Bay Cafe, She doesn't like Guthrie's, Silly's, Taste of Eden Vegan Cafe, vegan, vegetarian |
By Hilary Nangle on September 20, 2011
Barak Olins is passionate about bread. Every Friday, he handcrafts 200 loaves, using traditional French bread-making methods and certified organic ingredients, including whole grains that he mills just prior to mixing the dough. Then, he bakes them in a brick oven he built on his South Freeport, Maine, property. Olins’ Zu Bakery breads are as [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged artisan bread, artisanal bread, Barak Olins, Brunswick, Brunswick Farmers Market, Crystal Springs Community Farm, Freeport, Zu Bakery |
By Hilary Nangle on November 15, 2010
This Saturday, Nov. 20, L.L. Bean kicks of Freeport’s holiday season, with a tree-lighting ceremony in Discovery Park at 6:30 p.m. Expect holiday merriment, entertainment by the Boy Singers of Maine and Musica de Filia Girls choir along with appearances by characters from Portland Stage Company’s production of A Christmas Carol. Bean’s is also hosting [...]
Posted in Events, Greater Portland, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Freeport, Holidays, L.L. Bean |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
Need budget lodging? These Portland and Freeport accommodations are inexpensive, and each has a bit of, uhm character. Inn at St. John, Portland A room for less than $100 in Portland? Yes! Built by railroad baron John Deering in 1897, The Inn at St. John delivers a lot of bang for the buck. Local calls, [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Greater Portland, Greater Portland Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Trip Planning, Woof | Tagged Cheap Sleeps, Freeport, Greater Portland, Lodging, Maine, Portland |
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