Maine waterfront hotels on working wharves
At these three Maine waterfront hotels, you can fall asleep listening to the waves lap and awaken to lobster boats chugging out to sea....
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...
Road Food: Did somebody say doughnuts?
Oh yum, here's a find! Jeremy Towne, a.k.a the Towne Fryer. This spring, Towne relocated from Machias to Whiting, where he keeps his doughnut...
Keepers of the Flame: saving lighthouses
Saving lighthouses is not easy task. Credit the Maine Lights Program, launched in 1996, and the National Historical Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, for...
Jonesport museum preserves Maine’s sardine-processing heritage
UPDATE: The museum is permanently closed
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I'm a sucker for small, focused, and quirky museums, and this gem, in Jonesport, Maine, sure fits the bill....
Grand times in Grand Lake Stream
Most people go to Grand Lake Stream to fish. Some go relax. I go to shop. That's not easy in a sleepy fishing town...
Steuben Gems
First, let's get the pronunciation right, it's stewBEN. Next, let's nail down its location: It straddles Route 1, wedged between Gouldsboro (Schoodic Peninsula) to...
Machias is wild about blueberries
One of my favorite Maine festivals is happening this weekend, the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival. This one is more than a simple festival, it's...
Maine travel must: Univ. Maine at Machias Ukulele Club Band
For the past two years, University of Maine at Machias Professor Gene Nichols (on drums, photo) and the UMM Ukulele Club Band have performed...
Border patrol
The logistics aren't easy, but the rewards are rich for the second annual Two Countries, One Bay, Art Studio Tour, Sept. 20-21. More than...
Grand Lake Stream Folk Arts Festival is a downeast Maine treasure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZkiA8PAnIU
Maine has plenty of festivals, but my favorite is the Grand Lake Stream Folk Arts Festival, an all-around good-time event. I attend almost every...
New Year’s Eve: Celebrate the sardine
At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve in The Big Apple, they drop a glittery ball on Times Square. Big Whoppie (and...
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...
Plan now to attend Maine’s spring birding festivals
Both the Down East Spring Birding Festival and the Acadia Birding Festival are open for registrations. Maine's location on the East Coast Flyway means...
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...
