Staycations: A budget-friendly Mainecation
Are you trying to control costs this summer, yet yearning for a vacation? Consider a staycation--the trendy term for vacationing at home and doing...
Plan Ahead: Frenchboro Lobster Festival
If you crave something far simpler than Rockland's big Lobster Festival wingding, with music, parades, vendors, entertainment and crowds, plan ahead to attend the...
Fire in Northeast Harbor
Downtown Northeast Harbor suffered a devastating fire in the wee hours of the morning. According to the The Ellsworth American, it destroyed three downtown...
Back in the Saddle
So to speak (after five days without Internet access), and with a new office assistant. First, a report on this year's Grand Lake Stream...
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: woodworkers, walks, and wildlife
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...
One potato, two potato: Seek out Maine’s Fox Family Potato Chips
Honest, I've never been one who covets potato chips. Sure, if they're served with a sandwich, I'll usually chow a few, but I never...
Rusticating at The Rusticator
As I noted previously, this year the Oakland House, in Brooksville, has embarked on a relationship with Richard Hansen, of Cleonice, in Ellsworth, to...
The view from here …
...is mighty fine. Here being The Inn on the Harbor, in Stonington. It sits tight to Main street, but literally hangs over the harbor,...
Sugarloaf gondola redux
Curious about why Big Sky's old gondola was shipped to Sugarloaf (and updating info for stories), I placed a call to Sugarloaf head honcho...
Do you Cockatoo?
Dining in Stonington can be a bit of a crapshot. Yes, there are choices--and some can be quite good--but the key words are can...
Schoodic Region: Chews News
(NOTE: Wish I could provide links on these, but for all there either aren't any or they weren't active.)
In Winter Harbor, Gerrish's Store has...
207 Maine: Local Choices
If you watch 207 on WCSH tonight, you'll see me chatting about new editions of two of my Moon series guidebooks Coastal Maine and...
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...
Sign of summer: Ice cream soda
Honest, I had the best of intentions. I stopped at Royal River Natural Foods, in Yarmouth, intending to get some lunch fixings, but the...
