While the Samoset Resort’s spectacular ice bar drew us to Rockport in mid-January, our culinary tour of the area added flavor to the weekend.

“Room service? Send up a larger room.” — Groucho Marx My plans for spring break travel have changed. I was going to check in at the “Best Marigold Hotel,” but now, after I’ve seen Wes Anderson’s fresh, sparkling, dynamic, insane, comedic masterpiece, I’ve booked rooms at the “Grand Budapest Hotel.” I know I will be […]

‘The Daugher of Francis Martin’ and ‘Mi’kmaq Sun’ are new novels from Maine authors

Belfast is filled with great art, shops, an awesome co-op, nice lodging and wonderful food.

Gloria (an extraordinary Paulina Garcia) is one of God’s dancers who kept her own beat. Though still a lovely woman in her “mid years” who sports a happy face, a thin veil of sadness floats about her. She once had a happy marriage that went off the rails somewhere. We can tell that it was […]

Quartet’s CD release party is part of the restaurant’s Monday Night Concert Series Let’s face it … Maine has some wonderful local acts. One that has been mentioned here before is The J.T. Lockwood Band — their self-titled album was released in December 2012 with a CD party at Slates, in Hallowell, to celebrate. Well, […]

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