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Northern Maine's woods and waters, including Millinocket, Allagash River, St. John River, Baxter State Park, Greenville, Moosehead Lake, Rockwood, Dover-Foxcroft, Bangor, Orono

Moose Mainea

Wanna see a moose? This is the best time of year to do so, and the area around Moosehead Lake is prime moose-spotting territory....

Explore Maine’s Katahdin Woods & Waters and Moosehead regions

Explore Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters and Moosehead Lake regions either from a convenient base between the two or by looping through via a gravel road connection.

Marsden Hartley’s Maine: The view from Katahdin Woods & Waters

Artist Marsden Hartley captured the magic and beauty of Maine's Katahdin Woods & Waters region decades before it was even under consideration as a...

Fine dining in the Maine woods? Find it at Blair Hill Inn overlooking Moosehead...

Once north of Bangor, I temper my dining expectations. I know I'll find plentiful farms with farm-made goodies, Mom-and-Pop restaurants serving huge portions of...

Five (frozen and snowy) Lakes Lodge

You want remote? You want to cross-country ski or snowshoe without seeing anyone but a moose? Or maybe ride that snowmobile over groomed trails...
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Staycations: Control costs for your Maine vacation

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...

Foliage escapes without the crowds: Tour Maine’s Katahdin/Moosehead region

Considering a fall foliage leaf-peeping trip in Maine? Here's the first in a series of places where you can escape the crowds. I'll start...

Foliage Faves: Moosehead Lake

According to the Maine foliage report, the Moosehead region is currently moderate, which means if you travel now through the next week or so,...

Bangor’s Fiddlehead Restaurant delivers big flavors

My original plan was to graze my way through dinner by nibbling appetizers or choosing small plates at a handful of restaurants in Bangor,...

Foliage Faves: Blair Hill Inn

Vermont gets all the press—but it also gets gazillions of leaf peepers. Here's a place where you can enjoy the colors without the crowds....

This and that: News, notes, & events from around Maine

Choo choo! Model railroads and free admission Train fans take note: The Maine State Museum, in Augusta,  is celebrating model railroads Dec. 7 and 8....

Celebrate Gifford’s 30th anniversary

Today, Wednesday, June 22, save 30% on ice cream and other menu items at Gifford's Ice Cream stands in Skowhegan, Farmington, Bangor, Waterville, and...

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...

Shadowing Thoreau

If you have any plans to visit Baxter State Park or Greenville, to climb Katahdin or to paddle the myriad lakes, rivers and streams...

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...