Observations and Commentary

June 21, 2009

How to Become a “Regular” in Maine’s Sebago Lake Region

Throughout the Sebago Lakes Region of western Maine are many small “mom and pop” establishments; places where you can purchase just about anything from coffee to kerosene, falafel to fly swatters, beer to backscratchers, t-shirts to Tiparillos. More than that, though, these are places where people […]

June 19, 2009

Celebrating Fathers in the Western Maine Lakes Region

Bring your father to the Sebago Lakes Region this Father’s Day and take a look at a cabin, camp, or vacation home you might relax at together on one of the many lakes and ponds in western Maine. Use our Lakefront Locator to search all the […]

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 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 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 […]

May 20, 2009

Solving Septic System and Wastewater Issues For Maine Lakefront Buyers

We had a buyer recently who put in an offer on a nice vacation camp on Sebago Lake that sits about 25 feet from the water. When going through the inspections, this buyer was dismayed to find that the septic inspector had characterized the septic system […]

May 18, 2009

The Maine Lakefront Camp Idyll – Tranquility as Vacation Destination

Allow me to go back a bit – before iPods and laptops, HDTV and MTV, all wheel drive and triple-bladed razors, and ATMs and IRAs – to a time when families watched Walt Disney on Sunday nights, girls always put their hair up in curlers at night and […]