Flora and fauna “from away,” the no-impact lobster trap, this sporting life, and gleanings from the state’s newspapers.

A closed cannery, a shameless parade in Portland, a thrash to windward at 16 knots in 8 knots of wind, and an artificial reef for the recently departed.

The trains in Maine are hard to explain, the best view in the Pine Tree State, and Herbie bites the (saw) dust.

Friendship goes moist, the cost of boating, and the famous canoe-testing toss.

More from Bill, the earth remains on its axis, and why we don’t annex Canada.

Maine’s season of stolen days.

Fitting Out Tips, Boat Show Dreams, Flying Footwear, and Topless Donuts

Capt. Pete’s Rule of the Equinoxes and Answers to Baby Boomer Retirement Questions

On life as an ovo-lacto-bovo-porco-pesco vegetarian and a question: must CSAs include beets?

News and Notes from the Maine Coast: Our Style