Features
Kudos for Mr. T
In five years of unorthodox teaching on Matinicus Island, Tom McKibben has earned a name for himself as “dean” of Maine’s offshore one-room schoolteachers. By Cynthia Bourgeault.
Godfather of the Maine Islands
Philanthropist, outdoorsman, conservationist, Thomas D. Cabot is winner of the 1993 Down East Environmental Award for his efforts in protecting the Maine coast for posterity.
Trending into Spring
One mid-coast gardener gets a jump on the season with a carefully calculated succession of tulips and daffodils. By Jane Lamb.
Diamon in the Rough
Portland columnist and talk-show host Al Diamon has spent the last twenty years honing his ability to shoot from the lip. By Wayne Curtis.
Felt Underfoot
Using Stone Age techniques, Elisabeth Schuman, of Union, makes felt rugs that are strikingly contemporary. By Sarah Scott.
Waldo Peirce and the $700 ‘Jack’
Maine’s most irrepressible painter of the 1930s created a robust ode to the North Woods for the Westbrook Post Office. By Martha Severens.
Departments
Room With A View
I was sharply criticized by one reader who said she didn’t understand how I could write a piece about rednecks without being aware of the importance of Elvis Presley in the redneck scheme of things. It was as though, she said in an accusation that stung, I had written a history of the United States without mentioning Thomas Jefferson. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Crotch Island
Granite Chic
The Maine Viewpoint
No Room for Racism
Along the Waterfront
Yarmouth Space Shuttle
Outdoor Maine
Dog’s Best Friend
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
My Patriot’s Day Scheme
Cover: Tulips herald the arrival of spring on a mid-coast saltwater farm. Photograph by Benjamin Magro.