Our Stories
Eye of the Needle
July / August 2009 On September 12, 52 select lighthouses in Maine will fling open their doors to visitors, courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. No word if they’ll be serving wine and cheese. It is a sort of amnesty for those of us who have already broken into...
Cape Arundel Inn
July / August 2009 Presidential Range It’s a Yankee Olympus at Cape Arundel Inn, above clouds of sea roses. With views from every window towards Walker’s Point (which we have dubbed “Jumper’s Point,” given owner George Bush’s parachute jump this summer celebrating his...
July/August 2009
Summerguide 2009
Dream Islands
Summerguide 2009 "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" - Peter Finch (as Howard Beale), Network Tired of the news cycles, the post-9/11madness, the stock market plunges, the swine flu? Owning your own private island is the ultimate declaration of...
Good Maine Girl
Summerguide 2009 Augusta's Rachel Nichols brings a dash of color to Star Trek and lights up the screen in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. interview by Colin Sargent This summer, local audiences enjoying the critically acclaimed Star Trek movie have the right to point at...
Your Summer is Very Important to Us
Summerguide 2009 So many of us return to places in Maine in search of a childhood lost. But if we're lucky enough to find these precious spots, are the experiences recapturable, or do they disappear like reflections in a lake? It's late at night. I'm writing this with...
Inn on Peaks Island
Island Whirl Peaks Islanders consider the pub at the Inn on Peaks a private secret. But weekend after weekend, funloving crowds from the mainland have something else in mind. If the grub weren't so delicious at the Inn on Peaks Island, there'd be reason enough (beyond...
May 2009
The Secret Summers of Seth Wescott
May 2009 Surprise: The snowboarding gold medalist shapeshifts into one of us when the weather gets warm. Interview by Dan Harrington Since taking home a gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maine native Seth Wescott has become an icon for snowboarders everywhere....
In Good Company
Melody on the Rocks In Rockland, great art like this deserves to draw crowds Culinary Institute of America grad Melody Wolfertz is sizzling as chef/owner of In Good Company. A stop here is the perfect prelude to an afternoon at The Farnsworth Museum, with its...
Idol Banter
While Season 8 rockets to a grand finale this month, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi reveals a romantic tale of love and luck right here at her getaway home in Prospect Harbor.
Interview by Colin Sargent
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