Forty-five years ago, there was only one trail leading to the summit of Ragged Mountain in the Camden Hills. The original Ragged Mountain Trail began on Gillette Road in Rockport and progressed southeast to the summit. Since the first part of the trail crossed private property, access was subject to landowner discretion and sometimes closed. […]

Farewell, fellow gardener. After almost 30 years of sharing my gardening experience, expertise, and enthusiasm in columns for The Associated Press, I’ve decided to focus my time and energy in other directions. Thanks for joining me as, according to the seasons, I selected tomato varieties to grow, pruned ‘mums for best blooms, or highlighted the […]

Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association is hosting a holiday pop-up shop at their office at 93 Pleasant St. in Brunswick Thursday, Dec. 23. from noon to 5 p.m. Masks are required. The pop-up shop will have a selection of association merchandise including shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, bags and will feature the newly released cookbook “Catch: A Maine […]

Each classroom at Fisher Mitchell Elementary School in Bath was challenged to collect as many cans of food as they could to support the Bath Area Food Bank. Students collected 467 cans and fifth graders helped school librarian Meg Barker deliver the cans earlier this month. The food drive, organized by Barker, helped introduce students […]

This week, when yards are all aglow with holiday lights, there is another unusual light to be found in the intertidal. It’s a strange little worm that has a hidden power to glow in the dark. While many glowing ocean creatures are found in the dark depths, these are found in the shallow waters close […]

Congratulations! Are you enjoying your new (or at least new-to-you) device, smartphone, tablet, smartwatch or computer? Whatever device you have you want it to be useful, fun and engaging, a tool that doesn’t drive you crazy.   For that to happen you need to learn how to use your smartphone, tablet, computer or other device […]

Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air and relatively low light conditions to offer intense aroma and flavor. And it should be a pretty plant in winter. Those criteria rule […]

When people contemplate hiking in Maine, most don’t consider Evans Notch which is situated on the border between Maine and New Hampshire and out of the mountain mainstream. Evans Notch Road travels through the notch. Most of the peaks on the east side of Evans Notch Road are in Maine and part of the Caribou-Speckled […]