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Wallet Wisdom

For two decades, this financial adviser has instructed Mainers in a holistic approach to money management.

By Interview by Jeff Clark

Your Money Or Your Life

Settling in Maine does not mean giving up the prospect of a high-powered career.

By Michaela Cavallaro

Making Money

Not everyone wants to punch a time clock or work in an office. Looking for jobs off the beaten path, Charlotte Albright did some alphabetical investigation.

By Charlotte Albright, photography by Herb Swanson

The Magic Touch

After a period of flat sales and marketing missteps, L.L. Bean is riding high again. It owes its success to recapturing the mystique of Maine.

By Cynthia Anderson, photography by Carl D. Walsh

The King of Caviar

Rod Mitchell, of Browne Trading in Portland, has built a seafood empire that is as far reaching as it is unlikely.

By Michael S. Sanders, photography by Russel French

Playing Doctor

7 Emergency Cures for Maine's Economic Ills

By Jeff Clark

The Hot List

15 Maine Companies to Watch

By The Editors of Down East

Editor's Note

By Paul Doiron

Inside Maine

January

Where in Maine?

Ornament Envy

I wanted something in front of my house besides that awful birdfeeder my wife put up.

By Al Diamon

North by East

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

Table of Contents

The Voice of the Voters

Mainers have given John Baldacci a second chance. He'd better seize it.

Back-to-Basics Banking

Challenging times put the soul of community banking to the test.

By Joshua F. Moore

Bangor Bathers

Two young nurses helped bring a smile to the Queen City's patients during the 1920s.

By Joshua F. Moore