Features
Life Along the Reach
From dawn to dusk, Brooklin pulses with a rhythm all its own. By Peter H. Spectre.
Guess Who Fell in Love at Old Orchard Beach?
Hint their son became the 35th President of the U.S. By Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Gardening with Heather
All that’s required is rich soil, half a day of sunshine — and patience. By Jane Lamb.
Mellowing Out on Kezar Lake
At Westways, where Rudy Vallee once sang, a fortunate few unwind today. By James P. Brown.
‘Very Much Her Own Person’
Twenty years after her death, Marguerite Zorach is rapidly gaining recognition as an artist of the first order. By Cynthia Bourgeault.
What Do Epitheliologists Do in the Summer?
The lucky ones gather at a little-known lab on Mount Desert Island. By John P. March.
Maine’s Wilderness Land Rush
Inland Maine is beginning to feel the heat of recreational development. By Jeff Clark.
Making It in Maine
Croquet sets and thimbles — two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Lives of an Old House
Brother Ike could not be swayed: the family homestead must fall. By Edwin D. Merry.
At Home in Maine
A magnificently simple house honors Maine traditions. Photographs by Brian Vanden Brink.
Riding High
Leland King may well be Maine’s last professional lightning-rod installer. By Betty Adams.
Departments
Room With A View
The thing I usually watch for in the newspapers which I read each evening — even on a Maine island, news manages to get through and the more alarming it is the quicker it seems to arrive — is what impact the onrushing tide of events is going to have upon me. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Rockland
More Than Lobster on the Menu
The Maine Viewpoint
The Last Finback
Boating Down East
Jonesport Lobsterboat to be Launched in Bath
Letter from Upcountry
Night Life
Down East Bookshelf
Sea Stories from Searsport to Singapore by Lincoln Colcord
Top of the Month
To the Maine Festival and Beyond
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
Bowery Bums in the North Woods
Cover: Early morning boaters greet the day at Center Harbor, Brooklin. By Tom Stewart.