June

June 18, 2009

Sebago Lake Region Still Providing the Maine Experience to Young Campers

When I was a kid growing up in Harrison, Maine a familiar sight on a warm summer evening would be to see long, single lines of kids, all in uniform (shorts, short-sleeved shirt and neckerchief), walking alongside the road, making their way to the lakeside village […]
June 17, 2009

Blues Festival Returns to Naples, Maine on Long Lake This Weekend

The 4th annual Maine Blues Festival returns to Naples, Maine on the shores of Long Lake and Brandy Pond this Friday night and Saturday providing young and old alike a chance to see over 40 bands and performers at a dozen different sites in this picturesque town in the […]
June 16, 2009

Belgrade Lakes Region Lakefront Property Sales Year-to-Date

To round out our reporting on recent lakefront property sales of camps, cabins, cottages, and vacation homes, here are the sales, from January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009, in the Belgrade Lakes area: Sold date…….address……..lake name…….sold price….. 1/21 – 43 Androscoggin Loop, Leeds – Androscoggin […]
June 14, 2009

Sebago Lake Region Lakefront Real Estate Sales For May 2009

With the summer lakefront real estate sales season just beginning to heat up, I thought I’d take a look at activity in the area for the month of May. First up is a window on activity in the Sebago Lake Region which encompasses 26 towns and […]
June 12, 2009

L.L.Bean’s Summer Concert Series to Delight Maine Vacationers

photo: Madeleine Peyroux will be appearing at L.L. Bean 6/27 You probably already know that L.L.Bean in Freeport, Maine is an institution in these parts. They are the be-all and end-all when it comes to fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, skiing, bicycling – anything that has to […]
June 9, 2009

Maine Lakeside Cottage Vacation? Try “The Cape” on Thompson Lake

Located in the foothills of the western mountains of Maine, Thompson Lake is a gem left behind by the handiwork of the receding glaciers. What Nature has made here for our enjoyment is truly an ideal setting for a classic Maine summer vacation destination – The […]
June 8, 2009

Sebago Lakes Region’s Loon Echo Land Trust to Host Solstice Hike

To celebrate the longest day of the year and the first day of summer, and to remember its founder, Bob Chase, the members of the Loon Echo Land Trust will be leading a hike up Bald Pate Mountain in South Bridgton, Maine on June 21st. The hike will […]
June 5, 2009

L.C. Andrew and the Classic Maine Vacation Camp and Cottage

When thoughts of “a vacation camp in Maine” come to mind, the vision conjured up is often one that is typified by Maine’s own L.C. Andrew cedar log home. Since the 1920s, L.C. Andrew has provided the quintessential example of Maine lakefront, cedar-sided cabin and cottage […]
June 3, 2009

Maine Lakefront Lovers Want Their “Special K” – Kezar and Keewaydin

As I sit at my hillside perch in Harrison, looking west out over Long Lake, Crystal Lake and the surrounding hills, I can still see the vestiges of winter on the horizon – patches of snow on the east face of Mount Washington. Between here and […]