Features
Thomaston Recycled
Young families respond to the high style — and low prices — of a once-again fashionable community. By Beth Crichlow.
Reaching for the Sea
A carefully calculated play of color ties a summer residence to its ocean vista. By Jane Lamb.
Labor of Love
Jim and Leila Day’s restoration of Castine’s Parson Mason House required three years of grit and passion. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.
Going Native
Ken and Ida Manko, of Moody, are leading dealers in Maine folk art. They buy it, sell it, and best of all, live with it. By Wayne Curtis.
Windows on Penobscot Bay
A contemporary variation on the New England Cape makes for a stylish retreat on the Camden shore. Photographs by Brian Vanden Brink.
Mainely for the Home
From floorcloths to lawn furniture, many imaginative and decorative items for the home are made in Maine. Compiled by Kathleen Brandes.
Home Sweet (mail-order) Home
More than a century ago, Mainers discovered a new way to design a house: by post. By Elizabeth M. Houdlette.
Cooking Up Kitchens
A popular television program helped two Bath cabinetmakers carve out a big niche in the field of custom cabinetry.
Departments
Room With A View
I would prefer my state government to spend less time trying to outwit me and more time telling me exactly what it expects from me. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Bath
Working on the Railroad
The Maine Viewpoint
Obliterating the Lobster
Letter from Upcountry
Tumbledown Revisited
Down East Bookshelf
The Architecture of Bowdoin College by Patricia McGraw
Along the Waterfront
New Hope for Schooner ‘Bowdoin’
Top of the Month
Poetic Personalities
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
War Stories from Casco Bay
Cover: Castine’s Parson Mason House once again welcomes visitors as it did nearly 200 years ago, with grace and charm. Photograph by Brian Vanden Brink