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If Santa has a boat…

Wishing you and yours peace, warmth, and love.

Sweet dreams in Bar Harbor

Every time I visit The Inns at the Ullikana in Bar Harbor, I stay in a different room, and every time, I swear it's...

MDI lunch report: Tea and popovers at the Jordan Pond House

Lunch or tea on the lawn at Jordan Pond House, in Acadia National Park, has been an island tradition since the late 19th century,...

History buffs and vintage auto fans: Don’t miss Founder’s Day in Paris Hill, Maine

Once a year, tiny Paris Hill comes alive for its Founders Day celebration, when Bob Bahre shares his private car collection with the public....

New take on the classic lobster roll

Let's be honest here, anything more than lobster kissed with either mayo or butter and presented in a hot dog roll isn't really a...
This year's Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Festival celebrates working women on the waterfront.

Windjammer Days 2022 honors 16 Maine women on the waterfront

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

Parks and passes

With temps expected to push well into the 80s later this week and a holiday weekend on the horizon, it's time to start thinking...

A winter’s night in the Maine woods

Despite doubts, I did it. I backpacked into Poplar Stream hut, the first hut on the new Maine Huts & Trails system. I had...

News and chews: Newcastle Publick House

We dined with friends at the Newcastle Publick House, the latest restaurant to occupy the cursed site on Newcastle Square, where Route 1A curves...

Scupture dedication and Summer Solstice Celebration today in Roque Bluffs, Maine

If you're in down east Maine, near Machias, here's a fine way to spend the afternoon. Warm Wind, a sculpture created by Kazumi Hoshino, of...

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...

I scream, you scream for Maine-made ice cream

A recent Chowhound discussion on Maine's best ice cream got me thinking about when I worked for a trade publication called Gourmet News. I...
Make breakfasts like those served at the Pomegranate Inn, in Portland, Maine, with innkeeper Dana Moos' new cookbook, The Art of Breakfast.

Dana Moos, innkeeper at Portland’s Pomegranate Inn, defines The Art of Breakfast

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to attend a brunch at Portland's Pomegranate Inn launching Dana Moos' new cookbook, The Art of Breakfast: How...

Sugarloaf sugar shack

Here's something that will sweeten the Sugarloaf experience next spring. Between mid March and mid April, Sugarloaf plans to operate a sugar shack on...
Take a free guided hike in one of Maine's state parks on New Year's Day

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

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...