Rachel Forrest

A few weeks ago the price of lobsters hit a twenty year low, down to $2.50 a pound in some areas, making Maine's delicious, local live lobster even less expensive than bologna. With prices so low, some Maine families have taken to eating lobsters two…

Snowstorm. Snowstorm. Frigid temperatures. Snowstorm. Finally the temperature gets above freezing and it's show time! Get to the trees, man, we need syrup. There are steaming pancakes on the table that can't wait. Yes, this year's maple sugaring…

Along with the open sheep dog trials, a Gathering of the Clans with over 60 Scottish clans, the New England Scottish Fiddle Championship, the Highland Dance Competition, 30 pipe bands and the World Scottish Heavy Event Championships (which includes…

Here’s yet another little-known fact about me -- I was born in Germany, down south near the Black Forest. I’m not German, mind you, but I must have an affinity to Germany because I came into being there. Maybe there’s a plaque there in Landstuhl…