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Spotlight: Contessa Restaurant at The Newbury Hotel in Boston

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Spotlight: 1928 Beacon Hill in Boston

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Plan Your Maine Spring & Summer Vacation

Travel Ideas and Resources to Help You Plan Your Maine Spring and Summer Vacation.

Maine 2015-2016 Guide to Inns and Bed & Breakfasts - View on the web or request a copy by mail. Visit Maine Tourism Association

Heading to Portland, Maine? Check out the hot deals on www.visitportland.com/hotdeals.aspx

Make stuffed lobster at home. View recipe on Down East Maine Magazine.

Lighthouses are ubiquitous to the coastal Maine landscape. Plan a tour on your next Maine adventure. Navigate (pun intended) to www.mainetourism.com and type lighthouses in the search box for a variety of tours featuring lighthouses.

Exciting events are happening at Maine Coastal Gardens: Plein Air Painting Days, Tea & Tulips, Rare Plants of New England, Garden Dinner Series and much more. Visit www.mainegardens.org/calendar-events/events

Maine newspapers: Bangor Daily News, Ellsworth American, Herald Gazette, Mount Desert Islander, Portland Press Herald

Food and dining adventures await at the Hartstone Inn with Chef Michael Salmon. How about a lobster cooking class? www.hartstoneinn.com/cooking-school/scheduled-cooking-classes

For family fun at the beach, there is the April Spring Break package at The Meadowmere Resort in Ogunquit, Maine.