Oceanside massages as waves lapped the shore, dinner featuring amazing food and a gorgeous sunset, an amenity-filled suite looking out over the bay — our weekend visit to Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor was one we will never forget.

Curious folks who are fascinated by useless information will find John McDonald’s newest book, MAINE TRIVIA, to be just the cure for insomnia, with the bonus that it “will also make you appear smarter than you really are.”

The 39th Annual Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival begins Thursday and runs through Saturday at the Litchfield Fairgrounds. This year’s headlining act is Georgia quintet Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out.

The CIA in the Bourne world has a new motto: No more mister nice guy. Matt Damon was a tortured nice guy at heart who ran off the Langely reservation, found a god of a sort in his memory bank, fell in love too much, and vanished from the grid.

Samantha Gabor, 5, of Sebastian, Fla., gets side tracked from feeding the goats by the cuteness of a 2-year-old Shetland sheepdog named Shaylee at the Skowhegan State Fair on Wednesday. The fair runs through Saturday.