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Good Luck! Unless you were born here, you'll never get it right. Image subjects: Boater in foul weather gear beside dory on beach
- Photography by: Benjamin Magro
Hikers who head for Shaw's Boarding Home know they'll find a family of like-minded souls and all the comforts of home. Image subjects: outside Shaw's Boarding Home Keith Shaw, Sr. with guests hikers inside Shaw's Boarding House guests (hikers) inside Shaw's Boarding Home guests (hikers) outside Shaw's
- By: John Falk
- and Andrew Vietze
- Photography by: Tonee Harbert
The light jazz compositions of Paul Sullivan defy easy description, but everyone who's heard them agrees they capture the Pine Tree State perfectly. Image subjects: Paul Sullivan Paul Sullivan with wife and son in their living room Paul Sullivan and his son ride a tractor Location: Brooklin
- By: Charles Nicholson
- and Edgar Allen Beem
- Photography by: Michele Stapleton
Call me a nut, but I haven't found anything that can compare with the heady challenge of night fishing on a moonlit ocean beach. Image subjects: author striper fishing in surf at night fisherman holding striper at night bait (eel) on sand beach two fishermen in surf Location: Reid State Park Sheepscot
It's one of the most unlikely structures in central Maine. Been there? Location: Monmouth
- Photography by: Dean Abramson
Bernard McLaughlin's celebrated backyard garden has been turned into one of Maine's most popular public gardens - complete with tea room. Image subjects: McLaughlin Garden - lilies in bloom Astilbe blooming in McLaughlin Garden hen and chickens in bloom in McLaughlin Garden Garden bench in McLaughlin
- By: Richard Grant
- and David Brown
- Photography by: Kevin Shields
For the first time in fifty years, Andrew Wyeth's masterpiece returns to Maine.
Not only is this tide-washed bit of granite the only Greens Island on the chart, it's also one of the most stunning islands on the entire coast. Image subjects: rocks and water view of rocky coast from water granite rocks at sunrise granite rocks on coast lighthouse Location: Greens Island
- By: Bob Roundy
- , Louise Bignami
- and Annette Bignami
- Photography by: Sara Gray
After years of being in the shadow of its more famous neighbors on Mount Desert Island, Southwest Harbor is discovering the price of being discovered. Image subjects: aerial view of Southwest Harbor view of the harbor lobsterman with bait child roller skating with oars in hands three kids sitting on
- Photography by: Benjamin Magro
Is there any other Maine woman out there who never wielded a rolling pin before the age of of forty? Image subjects: blueberries and juice
- Photography by: Benjamin Magro
At any parade in Maine this month, you're apt to run into the silliest fleet of lobsterboats you'll ever see. Image subjects: lobster boat unit on parade shriner in lobster boat. lobster boat unit on parade loading lobster boat into truck after parade
- By: Powell Boyer
- and Chris Dorsey
- Photography by: Tonee Harbert
Besides being tasty, the handwritten recipes that have accumulated over the years in our Friendship summer home tell the story of four generations - and what they like to eat on vacation in Maine. Image subjects: recipe box on counter in cottage kitchen Location: Davis Point Friendship
- Photography by: Brian Vanden Brink
Departments
Along the Waterfront Burning the 'Maine' Calendar of Events August Highlights Dining Down East Cape Arundle Inn Down East Bookshelf Rise and Fall of the Forest Down East Bookshelf Briefly Noted Down East Traveler Maine's Finest I Remember The Pilgrimage Inside Maine Puffin Patrol Inside Maine Antiques
Maine Maritime Academy's former training ships gets torched regularly in the name of safety.
- By: James P. Brown
- and Bill Wise
list of statistics about alcohol and drinking in Maine
Just beep, don't honk, if you like Angus.
Humorous response to New Hampshire's lawsuit against Maine for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Location: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
An upcountry ranch that has brides all aflutter. Location: Parkman
Mainers are just beginning to figure out that potato chips can be lethal.
June "Where in Maine" identified as the Oak Grove-Coburn School in Vassalboro. Location: Vassalboro
- By: Stuart Williams
- and Kim Dwelley
Books reviewed here include: "Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island" by Dean Lawrence Lunt, "50 Chowders: One Pot Meals - Clam, Corn & Beyond" by Chef Jasper White, "Discover Acadia National Park: A Guide to the Best Hiking, Biking, and Paddling" by Jerry and March Monkman, and "Guide
- By: Robert Elman
- and Paul Doiron
Summer in the Pine Tree State offers so many places to go and things to do that sometimes even Maine natives don't know where to start. List of must-see sites in Maine.
- Photography by: Chris Van Dusen
Bill McKibben reviews a new book that celbrates the fragile wonder of the Maine woods.
Times Record: Maine DOT proposes a bypass about Wiscasset, but opposition groups have already formed. Location: Wiscasset
Maine Sunday Telegram: Some good legislaters are prohibited from seeking another term.
Many think that puffin-watching is a uniquely Maine phenomenon and that Hardy III Boat Cruises is a Monhegan ferry. Location: Eastern Egg Rock
The MADA Roundtop Antiques show is scheduled for August 30th. Location: Damariscotta Newcastle
- By: Andrew Vietze
- and Charles Nicholson
Portland Press Herald: Pros and cons of repealing the inheritance tax discussed.
Something deep inside compelled me to seek out the last traces of E.B. White's spirit.
- By: Galen Winter
- and Eva LaPlante
The food and service are so good here, it's easy to forget the view of Walker's Point. Image subjects: Jack Nahil at his Cape Arundel Inn Location: Kennebunkport
- Photography by: Randy Ury
Festivals, performances, and museum shows abound this month.
Early photo of girl on pony on State Street in Bangor circa 1890. Location: Bangor
- By: John Brindle
- and Ellen MacDonald Ward
