With
its resistance to urbanization, rough sea-drenched coast, and stubborn
maritime culture, Maine is in a world all its own. Okay, so there
is a bunch of outlet malls. But otherwise the wild woods of the
north, the parade of lakes that stretch across the state into New
Hampshire and the mountains that extend into Quebec let you know
that the state is one of the country’s most distinctive locales.
Photo: Robert A. Dennis
September 25, 2007 Ahoy-A Maine Course
Ron Kapon For those of you who are geographically challenged Maine is often confused with its sister states New Hampshire and Vermont. 90% of the land in Maine is forest (mostly inland) with low mountains. With 3,500 miles of shoreline... SoGoNow.com by: Ronald Kapon
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September 21, 2007 Tips for Exploring the Yorks of Maine
By J. J. Scott The Yorks, comprised of York Harbor, York Village, and York Beach, are the gateway to Maine and recommended by "Money" magazine as one of the top ten North American vacation destinations, and with good reason. Since... SoGoNow.com by: Sandra Scott
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June 21, 2007 B&B&B = Bed, breakfast, and British in Maine
By DAN SCHLOSSBERG England swings like a pendulum do. Bobbies on bicycles, two by two. Westminster Abbey, the Tower Big Ben. The rosy red cheeks of the little children. The owners of the Inn Britannia, a bed-and-breakfast they opened six... SoGoNow.com by: Dan Schlossberg
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August 18, 2006 WINDJAMMING PLAIN AND FANCY
Story and pictures by Peter I. Rose* There is something quite extraordinary about heading "down east" across Maine's Penobscot Bay with a full set of sails on a brilliant fall day. There is something equally special about sailing southwest in... SoGoNow.com by: Peter I. Rose
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April 17, 2006 Coastal Gems with Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Sea
By Linda FastesonThe ever-changing kaleidoscope of crimson, amber and gold of autumn is something we don't like to miss. When Royal Caribbean offered a foliage season cruise along our Atlantic coastline on the Jewel of the Sea with the... SoGoNow.com by: Linda Fasteson
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August 2, 2005 25th Wedding Anniversary ideas
Question-It will be our 25th wedding anniversary next May and we are looking for a new place to go to. I would appreciate any suggestions!-We would like to go for at least 1 week at the end of May/beginning of... SoGoNow.com by: Guest Author
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July 25, 2005 The Maine Thing: Two Romantic Retreats
By Sheree Bykofsky1) New England Relaxation: Cliff House Resort & Spa, Ogunquit, METhe rain in Maine does exist and sometimes sends a halo of fog to the coast, but you won't mind if your mind is bathed in the... SoGoNow.com by: Sheree Bykofsky
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July 21, 2005 Northern Maine
By DAN SCHLOSSBERGNorthern Maine is a sparsely-populated land of lighthouses, lobsters, lakes, and pines- surrounded by Atlantic seascapes that entice artists as well as fishermen. They call it "DownEast" but it should really be "UpNorth."It borders the Canadian province... SoGoNow.com by: Dan Schlossberg
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June 13, 2005 Literary Maine: A reader's pilgrimage
CAMDEN, Maine (AP) -- Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote a poem that would bring her fame, "Renascence," about the view from Mount Battie in Camden. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1850 while living in a house near... SoGoNow.com by: Guest Author
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March 29, 2005 Discovering Vacationland
Dangling precariously from the rusted exterior of old pickup truck lumbering through the streets of Bangor, Maine is a pockmarked and dirt-smeared license plate. The silhouette of a lobster, its claws upraised in aggression despite its red color (indicating... SoGoNow.com by:
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With
its resistance to urbanization, rough sea-drenched coast, and stubborn
maritime culture, Maine is in a world all its own. Okay, so there
is a bunch of outlet malls. But otherwise the wild woods of the
north, the parade of lakes that stretch across the state into New
Hampshire and the mountains that extend into Quebec let you know
that the state is one of the country’s most distinctive locales.
