Features
Those Good Old Stagecoach and Tavern Days
In the nineteenth century, Mainers enjoyed an age of travel that was “expeditious, cheap, and commodious.” By Robert Deis.
Fishing for Gold in the Gulf of Maine
Sophisticated vessels and a new breed of fisherman to work them are dispelling clouds of gloom in Maine’s offshore fishery. By Bill Prosser.
The ‘Water Witch’ of Thomaston
Dowser Edgar Libby converts skeptics into true believers with his stainless-steel divining rod. By Des Fitzgerald.
Fine Feathered Visitors ‘From Away’
Maine islands play host to growing flocks of exotic birds. By Peter Randall.
Riffles, Rips, and Rapids
Beginning this month, contestants from all over the Northeast rally to run Maine’s rushing rivers. Photographs by George Riley.
Departments
Room With A View
The only way to get even with nature, as any sensible person knows, is to write something extreme about it, and to hell with accuracy. By Caskie Stinnett.
For the Record
New Hope for the Chestnut
Traveling Down
Vacation Study Programs Throng the Summer Scene
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Down East Bookshelf
The Maine Massacre by Janwillem van de Wetering
Outdoor Maine
Fast Open-Water Angling Predicted this Spring
I Remember
My Little White Schoolhouse
Cover: “Boat and Church” (13″ x 9″), acrylic on masonite, by Roger W. Ellenberger, depicting the schooner, Savannah, abuilding at the David Clark Shipyard in Kennebunkport at the turn of the century. Mr. Ellenberger’s work is on display year round in his gallery at Kennebunk Lower Village.