Features
The Yorks in Summer
Each year a swelling wave of vacationers sunders York, one of Maine’s oldest settlements, into three different communities. By Edgar Allen Beem.
Mollie Becomes a Mother
A celebrity moose brings up baby at the State Game Farm in Gray. By Elizabeth Cary Pierson.
The Business of Cricking
Can there be anything finer than gunk holing down east? By Henry B. Gallison.
A Reputation Cast in Bronze
Fame has eluded Charles E. Tefft, but his legacy lives on in Bangor. By William David Barry.
Making It In Maine
Three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Teatotalling Down the Allagash
How a consignment of China goods saved a wilderness canoe trip. By John Gould.
Reaping the Sea Breezes off the Coast of Maine
The colorful sails of racing sloops enliven the summer scene.
Down East Cookery: Native Berries
Maine abounds in berries — free for the picking, and eating. By Tracy Lord.
A Passion for Blueberries
An Egyptian-born scientist leads a revival on and off the barrens. By James P. Brown.
Those ‘Other’ Wardens
A 3,500-mile coast is the beat of Maine’s Marine Patrol officers. By Nicholas Dean.
Rachel Carson’s Island Hideaway
The great naturalist reveled in her shore of Sheepscot Bay. By Susan Stiles Dowell.
Fairfield Porter — Poet of Penobscot Bay
A portfolio of his paintings hints at a growing reputation.
Confessions of a Lady Lobsterman
“Haul, pick, measure, bait, and move on” is only part of the story. By Katherine Higgins.
Departments
Room With A View
Any man who rows around very much in a fairly clumsy skiff knows that a breeze is his enemy, and one that becomes totally Clausewitzian the moment he arrives at a landing float or a dock. By Caskie Stinnett.
Down East Bookshelf
A Potpourri of Summer Fare
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Wild Trout Suffer from Introduction of Perch
I Remember
My Iron-Willed Aunt Kathleen
Cover: “The Schooner II” (37″ x 54″), oil on canvas, 1964, by Fairfield Porter (detail). The painting, which belongs to a private collection, was one of many canvases inspired by the artist’s close attachment to Penobscot Bay.