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The Colony

Islesboro might just be Maine's most exclusive island. Whether that's a good or a bad thing is open for debate.

By Virginia Wright, photography by Todd Caverly

The Missingest Man in America

Do the clues to Judge Crater's mysterious disappearance lie in Belgrade?

By Andrew Vietze

Found!

A new Kenneth Roberts manuscript comes to light.

By Wayne Curtis

Flavors of Maine

A flavorful new cookbook proclaims we are living in the Golden Age of Maine food.

What's Down There?

By Rob Sneddon, photography by Dean Abramson

Wish You Were Here?

You could be. More mariners are discovering that the rental yachts in Maine's bareboat charter fleet are a great way to explore the state's legendary coastline.

By Joshua F. Moore, photography by Alison Langley

A Healing Garden

A doctor's Boothbay garden -- inspired by her travels around the world -- became her own best therapy.

By Kim Ridley, photography by Brian Vanden Brink

50 Things You Must Do This Summer

Editor's Note

By Paul Doiron

Inside Maine

Your monthly guide to enjoying life in the Pine Tree state

Events

August

Letters to the Editor

Notes from the Fields

I farm in revolt against the grocery store, where checkout clerks don't know what parsley is.

By Max Alexander

North By East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine

Furor in the Forest

Plum Creek is proposing the largest development in Maine history around Moosehead Lake. Is this the end of the North Woods or its economic salvation? Either way northern Maine will never be the same.

By Jeff Clark, photography by David A. Rodgers

Table of Contents

Celebrating 200 Years of Printmaking in Maine

August 2006 through March 2007

Good-bye, Public Market

The indoor bazaar was a money-loser since Day One.

Mainers vs. Wal-Mart

Only in Maine have towns banded together to oppose the world's largest retailer.

By Jeff Clark

Cash and Carry

Houlton farmers helped airmen walk the lines of neutrality shortly before World War II.

By Joshua F. Moore

Where in Maine?