Features
In Maine's easternmost city, the Independence Day celebration goes on for days and invariably includes a few surprising new twists. Location: Eastport
- By: Ann Brandon
- and Wayne Curtis
Kerrwood, a grand old Blue Hill cottage, has been brilliantly renovated by a family that just happens to be named Kerr. Image subjects: Kerrwood cottage looking out bay window at Kerrwood kitchen at Kerrwood bed room at kerrwood bathroom at Kerrwood looking from porch at Kerrwood cottage out to bay Kerrwood
- By: Paul Doiron
- and Ron Forsyth
- Photography by: Brian Vanden Brink
The best fried clams - what to look for and where to find them. Image subjects: plate of fried clams on rail overlooking bay
- By: Ken Textor
- and Vivian Kramer Francher
The little jerks who were churning up Kezar Lake reminded me of nothing so much as the bully in a certain classic from my childhood. But it wasn't just my tranquillity they were violating. Image subjects: photo of page from book Location: Lovell Kezsar Lake
- By: John Haviland
- and David Morine
- Photography by: Benjamin Magro
Better known today as a center for winter fun, Bethel has been famous as a summer resort even longer - and the cool mountain air is only one reason. Image subjects: view of main street White Mountains in distance shingle style house farm house and fields barn Androscoggin River corn field and barn Location:
- Photography by: Sara Gray
In an abandoned granite quarry, Sharon and Phid Lawless have built a uniquely beautiful garden, home, and business. Image subjects: Quarry garden Sharon and Phid Lawless at their garden view of flowers in garden stone and cement planters flowers in urn lily pond house and pond Location: West Sullivan
- Photography by: Kevin Shields
Fifty-five years after N.C. Wyeth's death, the Portland Museum of Art honors the master with a blockbuster show of his personal works.
- By: Vivian Kramer Francher
With a unique way of capturing Maine, Robert Eric Moore has spent the last fifty years becomming one of the most popular artists in the state - and one of the happiest. Image subjects: Artist Robert Eric Moore with his paintings watercolor "Chicory Mink Tracks" watercolor Crashing Seas" watercolor
- By: Nancy Loftis
- and Meadow Rue Merrill
About the only time mermaids are seen on this renowned beach is during the annual sand sculpture contest. Image subjects: people building sand sculptures people building sand sculptures people building sand sculptures people building sand sculptures Location: Ogunquit
- Photography by: Tonee Harbert
Two Swans Island businesses measure their success by the quality and pace of their enterprises. Image subjects: view of dock at Swans Island folded blankets John and Carolyn Grace walking in field - she with blanket on shoulder hand made greeting cards Jane L. Goodrich and James vanPernis in their door
- Photography by: Michele Stapleton
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Young women needed for lightkeepers program. Location: Whitehead island
Moorings for rent by Boston owner cause fuss.
- By: Richard Hall
- and James P. Brown
The curious cacophony at Belgrade Lakes. Location: Belgrade Lakes
The Maine version of killer bees. Location: Mount Desert Island
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 'Scotia Prince'.
Getting to the bottom of Moosehead.
Local land trusts have spread across Maine faster than almost anyplace else in the nation. Image subjects: Thorne Head on the Kennebec River Location: Thorne Head
- Photography by: Anne W. Hammond
More background on the Lumbermen's Museum in Patten. Location: Patten
Identifies May 'Where in Maine?' as Damariscotta Mills. Location: Damariscotta Mills
- By: Sally Woolf-Wade
- and David Wonderlich
A handsom new history of the city's greenspaces ignores their current conditions. Location: Portland
Books reviewed here include: "Windows on the Past" Four Centuries of New England Homes" by Jane C. Nylander and Diane Viera, "The Maine Coast Guide for Small Boats: Casco Bay" by Curtis Rindlaub, "The Disappearance of Amy Cave: A True Account of Murder and Justice on the Maine Coast" by Pat Flagg, and
OpSail Maine 2000 will attract more than two dozen tall ships from all over the world. Location: Portland
- By: T. Donald Kuhns
- and Andrew Vietze
Maine Sunday Telegram: Gay Rights is again on the ballot.
Kennebec Journal: A $3.7 million conservation easement will protect Nicatous Lake and about 20,000 acres for recreational use. Location: Nicatous Lake
The summer Unity was stalked by a killer is one I'll never forget. Location: Unity
- By: Tom Davis
- and Albert O. Porter
Local folks still flock to this Wiscasset landmark - for the food, the spirit, and the view. Image subjects: Cheryl Rust and Alan Dodge at Le Garage restaurant Location: Wiscasset
- Photography by: Randy Ury
You name it - it's happening somewhere in Maine this month.
This granite statue stands today in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Location: Hallowell
- By: Ellen MacDonald Ward
- and John Barsness
