TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Head to New Gloucester and have yourself a Merry Shaker Christmas

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Published
November 28, 2011

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Head to New Gloucester and have yourself a Merry Shaker Christmas

Q: What do people from Georgia, Rhode Island, Iowa, Colorado, Wisconsin, California, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey know that you don’t? A: They know that Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester is an amazing place. There were people at Shaker Village from each of those states, as well as England, on the October morning we visited.
Published
November 17, 2011

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): At least once in your life, splurge at Natalie’s for a lasting memory

Natalie’s restaurant — in the elegant Camden Harbour Inn — offers a dining experience that is amazing. Unique. Best we’ve had since beginning this column in January. Can’t wait to return. Been dreaming about it. Well, you get the idea. This is a high-end splurge that delivers an unforgettable dining experience.
Published
November 17, 2011

Ambitious time-travel tale rich with details of ’50s and ’60s

If you like history and you love Stephen King, good news arrived Tuesday in the form of “11/22/63,” his latest novel and one of the most ambitious tales he’s crafted. The book begins innocently enough as we meet a high school English teacher, Jake Epping, in — where else? — a small town in Maine.
Published
November 10, 2011

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: Gerry Boyle takes us back to Blake’s Port City

Maine mystery writer Gerry Boyle already has as a successful string of popular crime novels featuring newspaper reporter Jack McMorrow, and now he offers the second book in a new mystery series about a young rookie Portland police officer.
Published
November 10, 2011

BOOK SIGNING in Augusta: Donn Fendler

AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library will sponsor an event with Donn Fendler as he gives a presentation on his newest book, “Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness,” along with co-author Lynn Plourde and the graphic novel’s illustrator Ben Bishop.

Published
November 10, 2011

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Room with a View: Pamper yourself at the Camden Harbour Inn

Our online dictionary defines “splurge” this way: “to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one.” The dictionary’s example is perfect for this review: “They splurged on a trip to Europe.” The Camden Harbour Inn and its restaurant, Natalie’s, is a luxurious splurge with many amenities that reminds us of Europe, but it’s a whole lot cheaper than traveling to Europe! Our plan was to write a single column about the inn and restaurant, but we couldn’t stop writing once we got started. So today you get the inn — next week the restaurant.
Published
November 3, 2011

“AUGUST GALE: A Father and Daughter’s Journey Into the Storm”

“August Gale: A Father and Daughter’s Journey Into the Storm” by Barbara Walsh reads like a suspense-filled work of fiction. Instead, it’s a gripping family saga in which Walsh connects the dots between a long-ago storm at sea and her grandfather’s abandonment of her father. Walsh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who lives in Winthrop. Her new, thoroughly researched book of personal nonfiction is so intriguingly readable that it’s likely to be a chart-topper in this state and elsewhere. “August Gale” begins with an incident that, like others in this book, seems to border on the supernatural.
Published
November 3, 2011

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): The Fiddlehead: Bangor restaurant always in season

The Travelin Maine(rs), George and Linda Smith of Mount Vernon, have spent their lifetimes enjoying all that Maine has to offer. Now they’ll tell you all about it — their favorite inns, restaurants, trips, activities, experiences, and travel books and websites — in their own personal style. They’ll be offering anecdotes, tips and all the […]
Published
October 27, 2011

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Dining at DaVinci’s is definitely delicious

The Travelin Maine(rs), George and Linda Smith of Mount Vernon, have spent their lifetimes enjoying all that Maine has to offer. Now they’ll tell you all about it — their favorite inns, restaurants, trips, activities, experiences, and travel books and websites — in their own personal style. They’ll be offering anecdotes, tips and all the […]
Published
October 27, 2011

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: New books describe a Maine of the past, designing the ‘Virginia’

SALT & PINES: TALES FROM BYGONE MAINE Edited by Jeanne Mason and D.L. Soucy The History Press, 2011, 192 pages, $19.99 ISBN 978-1-60949-368-4 Jeanne Mason and D.L. Soucy have a good idea. They are collecting stories about “what it was like to live in Maine’s bygone days,” capturing vivid memories while aging folks are still around to tell tales of logging, fishing, farming and growing up in the 1920s-50s.