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Every year from winter to spring the California coast sees a huge migration of gray whales, commuting between their breeding grounds off Baja California, Mexico, to their feeding spots in the Arctic. To celebrate the passing of the earth's biggest creatures, California holds big whale festivals in the spring where you can enjoy chowder, good wine, live music and with luck see whales blowing spouts right off the shore. (Fun fact: Gray-whale spouts look like hearts.) The dates for several of ...

Plot a course for Camden Harbor on Sept 1-2, 2023 when the Maine Windjammer Association fleet will join additional windjammers and day sailing schooners in Camden Harbor for the 28th annual Camden Windjammer Festival. Beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday...

The bite proved red hot for the anglers and crew aboard the 68’ Paul Mann, Jichi. The Miami, Florida-based team released a whopping 7 blue marlin on the first day

Never take this city's food scene for granted. As Warren Zevon once said, 'Enjoy every sandwich.'

The West Bay Rotary Club of Camden, Maine was chartered in May of 1986. A small group of charter members decided to create a breakfast club and obtained the sponsorship of the well-established Camden Rotary Club. The Camden club continues as a...

Which type of clam chowder is best? The debate is alive and well For decades, New England partisans – and dont forget New Yorkers – have debated the matter, bickering over specifications like cream, tomatoes, salt pork and roux. Share Dick Varano, owner of Billy’s Chowder House in Wells, with a bowl of the restaurant’s New England style clam chowder. The debate about which style chowder is best rages on. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer I still remember the worst clam chowder I’ve ev...