Category: Environment

Just before the morning high tide, waves were crashing over the Rockland breakwater. With the storm surge, they overtopped it.

Storm Scenes: Midcoast Maine Prepares for Sandy

10/29/2012 - Though Hurricane Sandy looked like it would make landfall in New Jersey, the massive storm's impacts were already being felt on the morning of October 29 in midcoast Maine. A northeast wind had already stiffened into the twenty-knot range with gusts to thirty, and a quick check of Rockland, Rockport,… SEE MORE

Hurricane Sandy is proving to be as unpredictable as it is deadly.

Storm Prep: How to Track Hurricane Sandy

10/27/2012 - Virtually everyone on the East Coast is keeping an eye on Hurricane Sandy (the storm has switched between being a hurricane and a tropical storm a couple of times since it formed in the Caribbean Sea) as it zig-zags up the shore. The storm is generating plenty of sensational headlines… SEE MORE

As the October sun sets on Turner Farm, the low sun fills the greenhouses.

Float to a Fresh Feast on North Haven Island

10/22/2012 - North Haven Island's coastline is intricate. Our daysail from Cabot Cove to Kent Cove recently was more than 10 miles over the bottom. Yet, anchored two hours later, we were little more than 3 miles from Cabot Cove as the crow flies. And we had circled less than a third… SEE MORE

The Pemaquid Oyster Company pulled nearly 17,000 oysters from the Damariscotta River for the festival

Bottoms Up! Scenes from the Pemaquid Oyster Festival

10/17/2012 - Every year, on the last Sunday in September, the Pemaquid Oyster Festival unfolds at Schooner Landing, overlooking the reversing tidal falls of the Damariscotta River at Newcastle. Tens of thousands of oysters are pulled from the downstream waters and served on the half-shell, roasted, barbequed, and stewed to festival visitors.… SEE MORE

A family as they take a quick break before passing through the Surf Drive Beach section of the bike path.

Biking Along the ‘Shining Sea’ in Woods Hole

10/11/2012 - On a sunny Cape Cod day, nothing beats riding a bike while overlooking long stretches of beaches and cranberry bogs. The “Shining Sea Bikeway,” was named after the song “America the Beautiful” written by Falmouth native Katharine Lee Bates. The name not only signifies a historical importance, but also reflects… SEE MORE

My Top 10: Maine’s Most Beautiful Harbors

10/4/2012 - I was visiting a friend's house the other night when I stumbled upon an issue of a magazine that had a list of the top ten harbors on the Maine coast. The selections seemed to come from the readers and were all very good selections. However there were, I felt,… SEE MORE

PARAMITA, Mike and Deedie Bouscaren's Harrier 29, floating peacefully on the Maine coastline.

Exploring the Maine Coast on a 29-Foot Classic

9/28/2012 - We love getting emails from new owners of Hunt Yachts. Here's one from a new Harrier 29 owner homeported on Mount Desert Island on the Maine coast: "This past June, after the Hunt team hosted a warm christening ceremony for our new 29-foot Harrier Paramita, I pointed her bow Downeast… SEE MORE

Toodles, a common octopus, will make his public debut at the Save the Bay aquarium this winter.

Save the Bay Aquarium Opens for Winter Season

Environment

9/27/2012 - The Save The Bay Aquarium opens for the winter season just in time for Columbus Day Weekend. Toodles, a common octopus, will make his official public debut at the aquarium, located on Memorial Drive at Easton Beach in Newport. Common octopus are among the smartest inverbrates on the planet, occupying… SEE MORE

A perfect September day in Bucks harbor.

Autumn and I on Cape Rosier: A Match Made in Heaven

9/25/2012 - A dutiful and persistent traveler of the Maine coast, I am sometimes asked what is the most beautiful place I have seen on my travels. I often struggle, for their are far too many beautiful places to name just one. There are exceptions, however, locations which stand above the rest.… SEE MORE

My Dear Summer in Maine, I Bid Thee Farewell

9/21/2012 - It is always bittersweet when the summer season passes on the coast of Maine. Fall is such a beautiful time of year, and the surrounding hush that accompanies it is more than welcome, yet I always seem to bemoan the loss of balmy breezes and long days of light. The… SEE MORE