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Kennebunk + Kennebunkport

Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Katy Kelleher, Managing editor Maine magazine   Katy Kelleher, Managing Editor     Some people dread December, but not me. Every year as Christmas approaches, I get a giddy, childlike enthusiasm for all

Belfast + Lincolnville

Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Heidi Kirn, Art Director Maine Home+Design magazine   Heidi Kirn, Art Director Maine Home+Design magazine   It is the first real spring-like day, which is perfect for a road trip with the sunroof

Ocean

It’s a sad fact of modern dining: over the years, many wonderful, classic French dishes have fallen by the wayside, forgotten or misrepresented. Cuisine that was once the pride of the world’s finest hotels and luxury ocean liners is all

Portland & Rochester Public House

Upon mention of my disdain for the term “gastropub,” Garrett Fitzgerald, owner of the Portland & Rochester Public House, agrees with me and asserts, “”pubs should always have good food; —a special label for that is entirely unnecessary.”” My thoughts

Beaches of Maine’s Southern Shore

“What do they long for, as I long for, one salt smell of the sea once more?” – Edna St. Vincent Millay In summer’s late-afternoon light, the weekend warriors and sun worshippers arrive, emptying out of their cars onto Fortunes Rocks

BBQ Joints of Maine

On the lookout for the signs, sauce, and smoke of barbecue in Maine—a southerner’s pursuit in New England. This is going to be messy, hopefully.  I didn’t expect to find barbecue here. Not the ribs and pulled pork of the

Art To Live In: Marilyn Moss + Bill Moss

Marilyn Moss Rockefeller, Bill Moss, and the making of an iconic Maine brand   Marilyn Moss Rockefeller lives in the Camden hills, in a house with many windows, paintings, and dogs. Through the windows of her library, we can see

A Global View of Maine: The Portland Armillary

The history of the armillary sphere as a piece of scientific equipment dates back to approximately 200 BCE, when the Greek mathematician, astronomer, and poet Eratosthenes created the first of these structures. Designed to chart the earth, stars, and solar