Features
By the Sea, By the Sea
Maine’s handful of beaches are a prime summer attraction. Photographed by Stephen O. Muskie.
Bye-Bye to the Beaches?
Sandy shores are retreating under the onslaught of man. By Robert Deis.
Down East Cookery — Maine Lobster
A secret revealed: the only way to prepare a lobster. By Davis Thomas.
At Home in Penobscot Bay
Robert Indiana, now of Vinalhaven, readies a major exhibition. By Edgar Allen Beem.
Such, Such Were the Joys
Pursuing “the simple life” during Bar Harbor’s cottage era. By G.W. Helfrich and Gladys O’Neil.
An Adventure that Makes a Difference
Outward Bound with Charlie York Watch in a pulling boat. By Clinton W. Trowbridge.
Moosehead’s Many Moods
Maine’s largest lake retains its timeless beauty. Photographed by Kip Brundage.
Making It In Maine
Four more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
George Bush Sleeps Here
The Veep’s hideaway estate creates a stir in Kennebunkport. Photographed by Stephen O. Muskie.
Holy Smoke — a Shark!
At Ogunquit’s Gone Fishin’ camp, no camper ever gets “skunked.” By Laurie A. O’Neill.
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Most
Bert Coombs, Bowdoin’s “Mr. Fix-It,” also did a bit of barbering. By John Gould.
Recycling a Maine Island
A group of new landowners treads softly on an offshore retreat. By Nicholas Dean.
Marshall Dodge Remembered
Gone, but not forgotten, a humorist’s voice lingers on. By William Pohl.
Departments
Room With A View
There are very few things in the natural world that cannot be controlled by nature. By Caskie Stinnett.
Traveling Down East
Calais’ Best-Kept Secret
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Salmon Found in Allagash River
Down East Bookshelf
Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay
I Remember
Carefree Summers in the Family “Hotel”
Cover: “Fresh Paint” (30″ x 40″), oil on canvas by Miyo Onishi, of Canton, Massachusetts. Ms. Onishi, a lifelong summer visitor to Maine, painted the drying lobster buoys in South Bristol last summer.