Cheap Sleeps: Budget-friendly lodging in Mid-Coast Maine
It's getting harder and harder to find budget lodging I can recommend along Maine's mid-coast. (updated May 4, 2025)
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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...
Kudos to Maine’s 2016 James Beard Award semi-finalists
The James Beard Awards have released the semi-finalists for the 2016 restaurant and chef awards, and once again, Maine is well represented. Here's where...
Tool geeks, fixer-uppers, and artisans, meet your happy place: Liberty Tool
If it weren’t for Skip Brack, it’s likely the rural town of Liberty, Maine, a dip off Route 3 just inland from coastal Belfast,...
Got Moxie? Find out with a good read, then celebrate at the Maine’s Moxie...
Are you familiar with Moxie, official soft drink of Maine? Jim Baumer and Frank Anicetti want to make sure you know about a beverage...
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free fare fills the plate at these Maine restaurants
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...
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...
Save money by skiing & snowboarding at Maine’s family-sized alpine areas
Maine’s big resorts get most of the attention, but for young families or anyone on a budget, smaller areas provide not only a fun...
Learn to find and prepare wild mushrooms in Mid-coast Maine
Every now and then I stumble across an innovative lodging package, one that goes well beyond the ho-hum usual offering of room, meals, and...
For Asian fare in Mid-coast Maine, Camden’s Long Grain delivers
With the exception of Suzuki's Sushi, in Rockland, most Asian restaurants in Mid-coast Maine are of the Chinah Dinah variety: lots of Americanized foods,...
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...
Planning ahead: Maine Open Lighthouse Day
Light up your life on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, with a visit to one of 25 ocean, river, and island lighthouses open for the...
Top 10: What to see and do in Boothbay, Maine
What to see and do in Boothbay, Maine: My top 10 list of what not to miss when visiting this Midcoast Maine peninsula.
Doughnuts and pho: Bakers Way in Boothbay Harbor is a dual find
Yes, I know doughnuts and pho is as unusual a combination as steamed dumplings and sticky buns or spring rolls and bear claws, but...
Maine’s Ocean Point Inn delivers unfussy oceanfront lodging and dining with memorable sunset views
Woke to the chorus of gulls cackling and lobster boats chugging the other morning, a natural alarm clock at the Ocean Point Inn in...
