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A Month of Fun: Saturday, July 19

Listen to Portland’s prestigious orchestra — for free. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Friday, July 18

Visit Bates for a dance performance. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Thursday, July 17

See how a Maine brew is made. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Wednesday, July 16

Get ready for the rapids in The Forks. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Friday, July 11

Down East Editors' picks for fun ways to celebrate every day this month. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Saturday, July 12

Down East Editors' picks for fun ways to celebrate every day this month. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Sunday, July 13

Down East Editors' picks for fun ways to celebrate every day this month. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Monday, July 14

Celebrate your Franco heritage. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Tuesday, July 15

Head to Waterville for Maine's International Film Festival. Read more »
A Month of Fun: Thursday, July 10

Down East Editors' picks for fun ways to celebrate every day this month. Read more »
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Berth of Cool
Stephen Taber Day 3:
Stonington to Broad Cove, Owls Head

Living what would be a dream-like existence to many, what does a captain dream when his head hits the bunk each night? Read more »
Stephen Taber: Day 1
Rockland to Pulpit Harbor, North Haven

Tasting wine on Penobscot Bay is not a bad way to set anchor. Read more »
Stephen Taber Day 2:
Pulpit Harbor, North Haven to Stonington

Is Carhartt the unofficial outfitter of the schooner-bum set?
Uniforms
Nightly songfests
And more wine on the Stephen Taber Read more »
Mary Day
Day 3: Pulpit Harbor, North Haven to Camden

The Mary Day, part of the Maine Windjammer Association, was built with passengers looking for a Maine vacation in mind. No daily news, no ringing sounds, the Mary Day helps you sail away in more ways than one. Read more »
Mary Day
Day 2: Hells Half Acre Island, Stonington to Pulpit Harbor, North Haven

A vacation spent sailing Penobscot Bay can help even the most harried find relaxation. Read more »
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Lodging
Finding the 'Wow' House

A couple with a bit of an aversion to B&Bs has turned a midcoast manse into an intimate, but not overbearing, hideaway for people just like themselves. Read more »
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Rest and Recreation
Maine for the New Yorker

A Guide for Urbanites on Vacation Down East Read more »
Follow the Roosevelt Trail

Many of the Maine sites important to Roosevelt are open to visitors today. Read more »
The Birth of Sugarloaf

An excerpt from the new book The Story of Sugarloaf tells the story of Sugarloaf/USA's first gondola, as important an event in the history of the Mountain as cutting the first trail in 1950 Read more »
You Alone in the Maine Woods

This trusty orange book may be as vital to your surviving in the woods as a Swiss Army knife. Read more »
Messing About in Boats

Camden was home to a one-night wooden boat festival of sorts on Thursday, as classic sailing yachts stopped by on their way to the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta in Brooklin. Read more »
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Catch a Piece of Maine

Hauling a Trap for Down East

Captain John Ready shows the risks and rewards of lobstering close to the rocky shore.

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Hauling a Trap for Down East

Hauling a Trap for Down East

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Setting the Trap: The Most Scenic Catch

See why placing lobster traps near Portland Head Light is not the stuff for novice lobstermen. If you've seen Deadliest Catch or Dirty Jobs it's easy to appreciate this is the Most Scenic Catch...
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Inside a Lobster Trap

John Ready of Catch a Piece of Maine explains how a lobster trap captures — and can release — lobsters.
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Upcoming Events

11th Annual Hidden Treasures House & Garden Tour
07.19.2008 to 07.19.2008

Visit exceptional properties on this self-guided tour. Enjoy our traditional homemade cookies and lemonade will be served. Box lunches will be...

Antique Auto Days
07.19.2008 to 07.20.2008

Over 250 restored and running antique autos. Demonstrations and awards. Sunday parade through Boothbay Harbor at 1pm.

Antique Auto Days
07.19.2008 to 07.20.2009

Over 250 restored and running antique autos. Demonstrations and awards. Sunday parade through Boothbay Harbor at 1pm

Bowdoin International Music Festival
07.19.2008 to 07.19.2008

Six-week chamber music festival presenting more than 80 concerts of traditional and contemporary classical music by renowned professional musicians...

Cabinet of Curiosities: The Museum, Science Collections, and You
07.19.2008 to 07.19.2008

This exhibit, curated by the museum’s co-chief scientists, Paula Work and David Work, shows the many facets of the museum’s science...

Cindy Bullens concert
07.19.2008 to 07.19.2008

Grammy nominated Cindy Bullens performs as part of the 11th annual Music on the Hill concert series.

Downeast Family Picnic
07.19.2008 to 07.19.2008

Adventures at Huse summer schedule features a Downeast Family Picnic. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy family races and games, hat and pie-eating...

Frost Farm Gallery art exhibition
07.19.2008 to 07.19.2008

July 4 - July 26. Florals in watercolor, oil and pastel by Jo Northrop Thomas. Opening reception from 5-8 pm on Friday, July 4 at Frost Farm...

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