Daylight Saving Time is observed.
Lobsters are plentiful here and lobster pounds dot the coastline.
Visitors should bear in mind that they taste best before July when they start to moult and that lobster-poaching is a serious offence here. A few miles south on the US 1 highway is the town of Kennebunk , a popular haunt for authors and artists. Bookshops and art galleries are featured here. To the east, on Route 35, is the town's coastal counterpart, Kennebunkport , a noted golfing spot for the former US President, George Bush. Portland, Maine's largest city, features a Victorian reconstruction in what is now called the Old Port Exchange .