Musical notes from around Maine: Strand concert series and PSO’s new season

Here are some upcoming concerts and musical events in Maine worth your attention. Suzanne Vega and Arlo Guthrie Headline the Strand Fall Concert Series Check out...

Specialty dinners & food programs in the Kennebunks

Two Maine inns in the Kennebunks are offering specialty dinners this fall. A Spirited Evening Harvest Dinner, Oct. 27 & 31 Ready to get spooked? Join...
There are contests for all types of dogs at the annual Woofminster fundraiser for the Planet Dog Foundation. Photo by Jennifer Mills - jennifermillsphotography.com

September in Maine: Maine Open Lighthouse Day

I love September in Maine. The weather is gentle, the light is soft, the air is clear, and autumn is staging its annual fiery...
Tool geeks have a happy place at Liberty Tool, in Liberty, Maine. hilary Nangle photo

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,...
The Camden Windjammer Festival over Labor Day Weekend celebrates Maine's maritime heritage. Sheila Grant photo.

Schooner Mary Day celebrates 50 years at 2012 Camden Windjammer Festival

More than 20 schooners and other sailing vessels are expected to arrive in Camden this weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2012) for the Camden Windjammer...
Don't miss the Kotzschamar Centennial Festival, Aug. 17-22, 2012; next chance to hear the organ will be in 2014.

Tour Portland’s Kotzschmar organ

The Kotzaschmar Organ, the first municipal organ in the country to be designated a municipal organ and one of only two still in existence...
The perfect souvenir from your Maine vacation.

The Maine Lobster Book answers all lobster-related questions

With Maine lobster in the headlines, it seems an appropriate time to share The Maine Lobster Book, by Virginia M. Wright, with you. If...
Sunsets over Corea's boat-filled harbor can be magical. Hilary Nangle photo.

3 reasons to visit sleepy Corea, a village near Acadia National Park’s Schoodic section

Whenever I visit Maine's Schoodic Peninsula, home to the only mainland section of Acadia National Park, I also detour out to Corea, a lobstering...
For a taste of the real, ungussied-up Maine, loop down to Jonesport and spend a day or two immersed in a real lobstering village. hilary Nangle photo.

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...
Seek out Caiola's in Portland for creative and well prepared Mediterranean fare. Hilary Nangle photo.

Nibbles and bites in Greater Portland, Maine: Local 188, Caiola’s, and the Inn by...

I'm traveling along the Maine Coast this summer researching a new edition of Moon Coastal Maine. I'll be posting updates every now and then...