News Bits

Rick and Robin Littlefield, cousins of the late Jim Littlefield, have acquired Oakland House Inn and Cottages from Jim's wife, Sally. Rick and Robin...

Acadia National Park is launching a pilot vehicle reservation system requiring reservations to enter the Sand Beach Entrance and Cadillac Summit Road, Oct. 1-18,...

  During the annual Founder's Day charity event in Paris, Maine, you can view more than 50 extraordinary antique and classic cars. The Bahre Antique...

Boothbay Harbor — The 2022 Windjammer Days festival celebrates working women on the waterfront. Sixty years ago, Captain Marion Dash, the first female boat...

  Please pick up the May/June issue of Yankee Magazine's Annual Guide to read my article sharing the joys of Quisisana, a music-themed family resort edging...

Executive Chef Andrew Chadwick, of Sea Glass restaurant at Cape Elizabeth's Inn by the Sea, will pay homage to Maine's farmers, foragers, and fishermen...

Reservations required for Acadia National Park Cadillac Summit Road from May 25 through October 22 BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The National Park Service requires vehicle reservations...

The Great American Eclipse in Maine passes over some of the state's deepest wilderness, darkest skies, and best outdoor recreation areas on April 8,...

One of Maine's largest model railways will be relocated to a purpose-built building on the campus of Kennebunkport's Seashore Trolley Museum, thanks to a $2.6 million donation from the Wyss Medical Foundation. It took the late Buz Beal and his wife, Helen, 12 years to build the Maine Central Model Railroad in a building adjacent to their Jonesport, Maine, home.

Here's a super deal for families, but hurry because this Amtrak Downeaster flash sale is very limited. For each adult ticket sold, one child...

Love Maine lobster? According to a Maine lobsterman I just interviewed, due to coronavirus, the influx of Canadian lobsters (if you check the bands...

It's easy to travel car free between Portland, Freeport, and Brunswick, Maine, via the Amtrak Downeaster train and the Greater Portland Metro...

NOTE: Canada no longer requires full vaccination or use of ArriveCAN (that said, using the app may speed your way through a border crossing).  Visiting...

Wondering what's new or changed for Maine summer 2023. I can help with that. One thing that's constant is change. Properties change hands, restaurants...

GROTON, Mass..—Once America's oldest inn, The Groton Inn is the newest addition to the Migis Hotel Group. The original hotel, dating from around 1678,...