Winter Magazine 2023-2024

In our Winter Magazine you can read: Through the Lens, Local Traditions, The Cape Porpoise Lobster Tree, Man's Best Friends Bring Love to lewiston, A Holiday Humor Column by Dana Pearson, An Artistic Odyssey: Jack Nahil, Jimmy Buffet Tribute at Bibber Memorial Chapel.

Plus Kitchen Talk, Holiday Merry Making with Punch and Ice Rings, The New Pilot House and Raising the Spirit, Volunteering, Carla's: Five Fashionable Decades, Reel Time: Two Snowy Movies, Field Notes of a Maine Birdwatcher, White Columns in Kennebunkport, Retro Roadtrip Report and much more!

Cover photo by Bob Dennis

November 23, 2023

In this issue, the final one of 2023, you will find: A calendar of events, art and craft shows, theater, nature walks, concerts and other seasonal activities, The Retro Roadtrip Report, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush promote their children's book at Graves Library, Wells resident Holly Gamache's new book about loss and recovery, Merry Makers Market at Maine Art Hill, Art Show featuring Nature's Song at Kennebunk Library, Dana Pearson talks about film, Antiques in Nine wraps up 27 years.
And you don't want to miss Kitchen Talk with recipes and tips, La Dolce Vita talks about being grateful, Filling COS Food Baskets, Elf: The Musical at City Theater, Retiring Lutheran Pastor Reflects, and Through the Lens with Cape Porpoise photographer Bob Dennis.

Cover art by Piper Castles

November 9, 2023

In this issue: New School hosts "Bowls of Hope" fundraiser, La Dolce Vita finds joy in memories, Lewiston Strong, It's Like This - the community bulletin board, The Retro Roadtrip Report visits a lighthouse, Calendar of things to do, Kitchen Talk, Christmas Prelude - A New England Tradition begins November 30, Fairs and other Holiday Season activities, Winter Wonder Light Show, Kennebunkport Conservation Trust's "Looking Back," Live Music, Simon Says talks real estate, Tide Chart, Elf: The Musical at City Theater, Through the Lens, and Field Notes of a Birdwatcher.

Cover art by David Witbeck

October 26, 2023

Finding Our Voices Event, New Chapter for The Bitter End, Healing Waves, Calendar, League of Maine Craft Show, St. David's Harvest Fair, Chime Choir Concert, Seacoast Garden Club, Zombie Zip Line, Kitchen Talk, Retro Roadtrip Report, It's Like This, La Dolce Vita, Live Music, Simon Says, Tide Chart, Through the Lens, and the Crossword Puzzle and Comics!

Cover artist is Cheryl Lunde

October 12, 2023

Honey Lane Opens in Kennebunk, Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, Ronald Phillips Prevoir Art Show, Bradbury Brothers' New Owners, Heart of Biddeford, Calendar of things to do, Kitchen Talk, Maine News Briefs, Tootsie: A Review, Live Music, Simon Says talks real estate, Tide Chart, Retro Roadtrip Report visits the Wright Museum of WW2, Through the Lens, Crossword and the Funnies!

Cover by James Mattison

Fall 2023

This magazine includes sections covering Local Roots, Local Finds, Local Fare, Local Arts, Local Lifestyle, Local History, Local Beauty

Read online, pick up the magazine in person, or subscribe!

Contents include: Just a kid from Smithfield, Maine: Kyle Poissonnier's clothing company captures the attention of LL Bean.
Wooven in Biddeford, creating a beautiful path to prosperity.
Happy Birthday, Alisson's, 50 tasty years! Joshua's, looking back, looking forward.
Creating original works of art, one dot at a time.
Deane Berman brings his "A" game to golf, life and family.
What's behind those monastery walls?
Plus: Through the Lens, It's Like This, a humor column by Dana Pearson, and a gallery of natural wonder by local photographers.

Cover photo of Old Orchard Beach Pier by Eric Storm

September 28, 2023

In this issue we have The Center's Coastal Kitchen Tour, Simply Painters, It's Like This, The Retro Roadtrip Report, Craft Corner: Resin Pouring, La Dolce Vita, Kitchen Talk, Simon Says, It's Like This, and the Calendar, Live Music, Tide Chart, Maine News Briefs and Through the Lens.

Cover art by Lisa Biasin Loder

September 14, 2023

In this issue you can read: Building Community Through Rhythm, Retro Roadtrip: Cornish, La Dolce Vita, Summer? What Summer?, and Pineapple Ketch. You won't want to miss recipes and tips in Kitchen Talk, and check out what's going on in the Calendar, plus Live Music, Simon Says answers real estate questions, Capt. Greg gives his Fishing Report, Tide Chart, Through the Lens, and even a Crossword Puzzle.

Cover art is Done for the Day by Del Bourree-Bach

September 31, 2023

In this issue: La La Luna Opens in Kennebunkport, Da Vinci Code at Ogunquit Playhouse, Senior Project Gives Life to Atlantic Salmon, Seven High Restaurant Opens, Chalk the 'Port, Claire Bigbee at Maine Art Hill.
We have recipes for your Labor Day in Kitchen Talk, the Calendar with things going on, plus Live Music, Craft Corner, Capt. Greg gives his Fishing Report, Tide Chart, Through the Lens, and a Crossword Puzzle.

Cover art by Alan Claude

August 24, 2023

In this issue you will find interesting stories and things to do. Ride the Rails, It's Like This, Retro Roadtrip Report, Field Notes of a Birdwatcher, Calendar, Business Spotlight, La Dolce Vita, Sanford Performing Arts, Kitchen Talk with tips and recipes, Reel Time talks movies, Live Music, Tide Chart, Fishing Report, Simon Says answers real estate questions, and don't forget to try your hand at the Crossword.

Cover artist is Michele Poirier Mozzone

August 17, 2023

Setting Down Roots on an Arundel Farm, Destination: Wells Antiques, Wade Zahares – a passion for art and flowers, La Dolce Vita, Retro Roadtrip Report, and Kitchen Talk takes you on a culinary trip through Portland's Old Port.

And the Calendar with farmers' markets, art and craft shows, music, lectures, events and other things to do. Plus Through the Lens, Business Spotlight, It's Like This, Live Music, Maine News Briefs, Tide Chart and the Saltwater Fishing Report, Book Review, Comics, Simon Says talks real estate, and Comics & Crossword.

Cover art by Michael E. Vermette

August 10, 2023

Local Tourist: Finding sanctuary at Biddeford Pool, Destination: York antique stores, Godspell Review, Business Spotlight: Mail-It, La Dolce Vita, It's Like This - A Master Gardener to the end.

Plus Kitchen Talk, The Retro Roadtrip Report, Calendar, Live Music, Tide Chart, Fishing Report, Comics and Through the Lens.

This issue's cover is by Amy Kelly

August 3, 2023

York's Wild Kingdom is fun for all, Retro Roadtrip Report covers four museums this week, La Dolce Vita confesses she's a Barbie girl, Maine Market - a community market in Eliot, Summer Show at Maine Art Opens, Calendar, guided walks, art shows, music and more things to do, Simon Says, Kitchen Talk talks about summer time.

Plus Reel Time, Live Music, Comics and Crossword Puzzle, the Saltwater Fishing Report by Captain Greg Metcalf and the Tide Chart.

Cover painting by Nancy Keenan Barron

July 27, 2023

In this issue:

Vince Thelin & Rockin' Horse Farm, Retro Roadtrip Report, It's Like This, La Dolce Vita, Calendar, Kitchen Talk shares tools, recipes and tips. Plus Lobster Mania, On Your Feet Theater Review, Live Music, Fishing Report and Tide Chart, Reel Time, Through the Lens, plus Crossword and Comics

Cover painting by Ryan Kohler

July 20, 2023

In this issue: The Kitchen Table Band, Old Boston Preserve opens to the public, Destination Arundel antiques and more, It's Like This, Kitchen Talk with tools, recipes and advice, Bev's Cafe and Market, Retro Roadtrip Report: Scarborough to Ocean Park, Sweet Charity at City Theater in Biddeford.

Also Through the Lens, Live Music, Simon Says, Crossword, Fishing Report, Tide Chart, and the Calendar with things to do, Local Lifestyle, A Year's Cruise, Coast Encounters of the Best Kind, It's Like This.

Cover artist is Dawn Maron

Quarterly Magazine – Summer 2023

Through the Lens, Shop Local Finds, Local Arts, Kennebunk River Club Art Show, How a Comedy Classic Came to Be, Local Fare, Glorious Peaches, Smoke BBQ Offers a New Take on a Local Favorite, Cloth Interiors, Whiskey Leatherworks Expands...

Plus Local History, The Unitarian Universalist Church: The Crown Jewel of Main Street, The Seaside Inn: A Beachfront Oasis Loaded with Charm, Local Lifestyle, A Year's Cruise, Coast Encounters of the Best Kind, It's Like This.

Cover photo by Jack Bjorn

July 13, 2023

Retro Roadtrip Report, Old Orchard Beach Pier History, It's Like This, Calendar, Kennebunk Toy Co. has something for kids of all ages, Kitchen Talk, Now Playing at Hackmatack Playhouse: tick…tick…BOOM!, Live Music, Simon Says, Fishing Report and Tide Chart, Reel Time, Through the Lens, Crossword puzzle and the funnies.

Plus information about events, exhibits, art shows, a pow-wow in Wells, summer workshops, recipes, and a book review.

Cover painting by Kelly Jo Shows

July 6, 2023

Borrowed Books, Hope Woods, Maine Renaissance Fair, Calendar, Greek Festival, Kennebunk Outfitters, Arundel Farm Gallery, Kitchen Talk, It's Like This, Kenyon Hill Preserve, La Dolce Vita, Live Music, Simon Says, Reel Time, Saltwater Fishing Report and Tide Chart, and Through the Lens.

Plus the Funnies and Crossword Puzzle!

Cover art by Holly Chamberlain Ross

June 29, 2023

Independence Day Events, New Shops in Dock Square, It's Like This, La Dolce Vita, Calendar, Take Flight, Kitchen Talk, Singin' in the Rain at Ogunquit Playhouse, Reel Time, Maine News Briefs, Simon Says talks real estate, Live Music, Saltwater Fishing Report, Through the Lens, and the Tide Chart. Plus the Funnies and Crossword Puzzle!

Cover art by Lori Mehta

June 15, 2023

A Dog and His Boy The Adventures of Spillway & Scotty - A New Book, Field Notes of a Maine Birdwatcher, Community Garden, Calendar, It's Like This, Kitchen Talk, Morph Gallery & Emporium, La Dolce Vita, Live Music, Saltwater Fishing Report, Through the Lens, Simon Says, Funny Pages, Calendar of things to do.

Plus programs for bird lovers at Wells Reserve; a community garden grows; Art in Bloom exhibit at Ogunquit Museum of American Art; Gerding and Hoyt exhibit at Maine Art; 19th century baseball game in Kennebunk.

Cover art by Scott McNeff

June 1, 2023

The Fish & Whistle Restaurant in Biddeford Opens, York's Wiggly Bridge, Beautiful - The Carol King Musical at Ogunquit Playhouse, Field Notes of a Maine Birdwatcher, 173 Mercantile Opens and BIG, BIG News.

Plus La Dolce Vita, Kitchen Talk, It's Like This, Hackmatack is Back, Live Music, Reel Time, Saltwater Fishing Report and Tide Chart, Through the Lens, Funny Pages and the Calendar of things to do.

Cover art by Nicole Sorum

May 18, 2023

Unique shops at Bell Farm, Grammy Rose Dog Rescue, Habitat's ReStore moves to Route 1, Ogunquit Museum opens a 70th-season exhibition, Creative Soul, Mainely Authors interview, Live Music, Exit Laughing at Ogunquit Playhouse, It's Like This, Simon Says talks real estate.

Plus Kitchen Talk, La Dolce Vita, Calendar, Funny Pages, Tide Chart and The Fishing Report

Cover art by Dennis Van Sickle & Andrea Rolleri

May 4, 2023

The Book Depot, TipToe Eco Marketplace, Barn & Mill Gallery, Maine author Kenneth Roberts, Rhythm Future Quartet, news from T&T towns, Out of the Office, It's Like This and La Dolce Vita.

Also, Kitchen Talk, the calendar, Simon Says, tide chart, Reel Time and the funny pages!

Cover painting by Elizabeth Fraser

April 20, 2023

Through the Lens with Bob Dennis, Bags, Baubles & Bubbly Event Raises Funds for The Center, Mia Sorella's Studio, Smokey Bear Exhibit at the Brick Store Museum.

Plus La Dolce Vita, Kitchen Talk: the Original Cobb Salad, Bodybuilding, Simon Says, It's Like This, Classical Music, Poetry, Film Festival, Calendar, Live Music, Reel Time, Comics & Crossword.

And the Tide Chart!

Cover painting by Betsy McLellan

April 6, 2023

Kport Bagel comes to Lower Village Kennebunk; Kitchen Talk with recipes, tools and tips; Cheerleading: more than a sport for a local teen. Happy Home, Calendar, Ham Radio Operators, Karleen's Ideas, Maine News Briefs, Million Dollar Quartet at Ogunquit Playhouse, and Simon Says answers real estate questions.

Plus Live Music, Calendar of things to do, Through the Lens, and, new this year: Comics & Crossword!

Cover painting by Robin Swennes