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...
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...
Economy versus environment
Interesting story in today's Wall Street Journal about rockweed harvesting in Washington County. I shot these last summer, in Jonesport.
A tisket, a tasket, a Native American basket, and much more
If you're traveling along the Maine coast, you might want to detour inland a bit to catch this new festival: Tribes of the Dawn...
Blueberry blues
God blessed way, way, way downeast Washington County with a land- and seascape that rivals almost anywhere in the world.
Craggy headlands crown rockbound shores;...
Charmed, I’m sure
You have to trust me on this. I know the exterior of the Country Charm Restaurant, in Steuben, is rather forlorn, perhaps neglected looking...
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...
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...
Maine’s lobsteboat race season kicks off today
Gentlemen, start your engines. Yup. Maine's lobsterboat racing season kicks off with races today, Sat. June 19, in Boothbay Harbor and tomorrow, Sun. June...
Way downeast, way rustic escape
When the world, technology, and the buzz of civilization become too much, consider unplugging and rediscovering life's simple pleasures at this one-bedroom housekeeping cottage...
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....
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....
