Love to paddle? Don’t miss the Paddlers Film Festival in Portland, Maine
Five documentary films about recreational canoeing and kayaking will be screened at the 4th Annual Paddlers Film Festival, at the Eastland Park Hotel...
Maine learning vacations: Combine vacation with learning a new skill
One of these Maine learning vacations not only adds value to your vacation dollar, but also lets you go home with a new skill....
Seguinland artists exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, summer 2011
Oh dear! With the opening of Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940 at the Portland Museum of Art on June 4, I fear the...
Bald Mountain Camps winterizes for the future: It’s now a classic Maine lodge and...
Steve Philbrick, second-generation owner of Bald Mountain Camps Resort, in Maine's famed Rangeley Lakes region bit the bullet. After much soul seraching, he made...
Lunch at Flagstaff Lake Hut: A winter day trip on the Maine Huts trail
Skiing or snowshoeing hut to hut along the Maine Huts Trail isn't for everyone, but just about anyone can enjoy walking into the Flagstaff...
Free map details Maine’s Public Reserved Lands
Ease into the great outdoors on Maine's Public Reserved Lands. Download a free map from the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) that...
Sugarloaf lift accident update
Direct from Sugarloaf's communications department:
Carrabassett Valley, ME (Dec. 29, 2010) – Inspectors from the State of Maine Board of Elevators and Tramways, along with...
Some thoughts on Sugarloaf’s lift incident
I love the word incident, it's so understated, so British (I was stuck on a train once in Scotland during a rail incident, actually...
Maine’s lobster trap Christmas trees
Maine's lobster trap Christmas trees light up many harbors along the coast. Every season, more villages seem to add them, and the designs get...
Maine’s International Cryptozoology Museum
Maine has more than its fair share of quirky museums, but the quirkiest of the lot has to be The International Cryptozoology Museum, in...
An Only-from-Maine gift: The Umbrella Cover Museum Uncovered & Exposed
Shopping for that perfect gift that says only in Maine? Since 1996, founder, director, and curator Nancy 3. Hoffman (the 3 is no typo,...
Kick off holiday shopping at Artful Gifts
Forgive me as I wipe the drool off my keyboard. For once, I'm not drooling over food, but rather over the magnificent artisan-made goods...
Maine Huts & Trails opens Grand Falls Hut
Maine Huts & Trails, the hut-to-hut multi-use trail in Maine's western mountains, got a big boost this weekend with the opening of its third...
Foliage escapes: Antiquing and leaf-peeping in Cornish
Oh, here's a gem—a delightful Maine village that oozes New England charm. Folded in the foothills of the White Mountains, well-seasoned Cornish is salted...
Foliage without crowds: Maine’s Schoodic region delivers big time
Last week I wrote about the Moosehead/Katahdin region as a favorite place to view the leaves but leave the crowds. This week, I'm sharing...
