Buzzards Bay Coalition Offers Family Nature Walks

2/5/2013 - Want to get the family outside during February vacation? Join the Buzzards Bay Coalition for a nature walk. During each of our walks, our Commonwealth Corps environmental educators will help families explore and learn about the local environment. We are offering three walks during the February break: - East Beach… SEE MORE
A stunning restored 1965 Meade iceboat on Chickawaukie Lake in Rockland.

When the Temps Drop, Diehard Sailors Hit the Ice

2/4/2013 - Midcoast Maine's hardwater sailors were out in force on Saturday as the fleet gathered on Chickawaukie Lake in Rockland. One of the boats included a beautiful example of an iceboat that belongs to John Eastman of Camden. It was "restored" by yacht builder and fellow hardwater sailor Bill Buchholz, also… SEE MORE
Teamwork is everything on the ocean.

Ending The Season In Port Clyde

1/31/2013 - For John Hall, longtime Port Clyde fisherman, it's about time to take a vacation. "Taking four weeks off," he says while piloting his boat past Hupper Island and out into Muscongus Bay. "Going back down to Florida, gonna play golf, cruise around, just relax." Hall fishes 800 traps, and on… SEE MORE
Low clouds over Wheeler Bay.

Winter’s Bite On Spruce Head Island

1/27/2013 - January means very cold temperatures on the coast of Maine, as evidenced by this past week's windchill values, which hovered between 0 and 25 below. This weather, while loathsome to some, excites me greatly! We are afforded an opportunity to see the extremes of mother nature. Ice and sea smoke… SEE MORE
Marshall Point Lighthouse.

Last Light At Marshall Point

1/16/2013 - Marshall Point Lighthouse sits at the very southern end of the St. George Peninsula. It is surrounded by jagged rocks and windswept fields. Dense thickets of spruce and balsam fir provide a stunning green background, while neighboring Hupper Island guards the entrance to Port Clyde Harbor. Monhegan looms in the… SEE MORE
At the South Portland marina.

Maine Marinas in Winter: Part II

1/9/2013 - Behind the auto repair shop on the Fore River in South Portland, a stone’s throw from busy stop-and-go traffic, Barrow’s goldeneyes, teals, pintails, and other ducks dive for snails and worms in the mud. Canada geese forage in the thin strip of browned marsh along the bank. But at low… SEE MORE
In Northeast Harbor, the boats are all work and no pleasure.

Maine Marinas in Winter: Part I

1/9/2013 - On a recent visit to Mount Desert Island, I stopped by the marina at Northeast Harbor to see what it looked like in winter. The roads and parking lots were plowed, the walkway cleared. I heard the engine of one of the fishing boats, but I could not tell which… SEE MORE