Features
Christmas on Naskeag Point
Holiday season in rural Maine: the way it was, the way it is. By Roy Barrette.
Incident at Oxbow
A lost hunter, the snowy woods, and my friend Maurice. By Leonard Hutchins.
Unless Thou Her Helmsman Be
At Pemaquid, the Carpenter’s Boatshop builds strong character as well as stout boats. By Joan Grant.
Life on the Bounding Main
A Maine light keeper’s daughter recalls the sights, smells, and sounds of a girlhood idyll on a small coastal island. By Mazie B. Anderson.
Legacy of an Unsung Heroine
Few today recall the gallant lady whose bequest surprised the town of Poland Spring. By Claire G. Walker.
Winter Solstice
In color: When time stands still along the coast and inland. Photographs by Kip Brundage.
Departments
Room With A View
To get one’s money’s worth out of making an addition to a house, I have learned, it is important to put some distance between plans and actual construction. By Caskie Stinnett.
Down East Cookstove
Holiday Feasting
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Down East Bookshelf
That Yankee Cat: The Maine Coon by Marilis Hornidge
Outdoor Maine
Duck Season Gets Off to Slow Start
I Remember
My Father and the Seacoast Mission
Cover: “King’s Highway, Sheepscot,” oil on panel (16″ x 24″), by F. Wenderoth Saunders. A longtime Sheepscot resident, Mr. Saunders is a founding member of The Maine Art Gallery at Wiscasset. His work is included in the collections of Bowdoin College, the University of Maine, Boston University, and Ford Motor Company.