New England changes slowly . . . sometimes it scarcely seems to change at all. However, luxury tourism has hit the region, and the blue-plate diners and family-owned hotels of old are quietly, inexorably being replaced by upscale inns and resorts. Like it or not, the New England your parents and grandparents knew will never be quite the same again.
The Portland Public Market has moved. Portland's once-proud public market closed its doors in early 2007 and the property was sold. But a new market has sprung up right in the center of the city: the Public Market House, at 28 Monument Square (tel. 207/228-2056; www.publicmarkethouse.com).
No more one-dollar popcorn. Sadly, the plucky little Bayview Street Cinema in downtown Camden has been shuttered, depriving the state of one of its finest independent movie houses.
