Features
Tales of Christmas Past
“Santa’s Last Ride,” “The Great Christmas Tree Caper,” “Ribbon Candy at Derosier’s,” and other real-life sagas of yuletide Maine.
Homage to the Earmuff
Each December, citizens of Farmington turn out to honor Chester Greenwood, a local boy who made a large fortune out of a small invention. By Peter H. Spectre.
Bones, Books & Bits of History
Squirreled away in the Eliot home of Joseph Frost is the most remarkable private collection of rare books and documents in Maine. By Wayne Curtis.
The Shortest Day
Dawn to dusk in Damariscotta on the day of the winter solstice. Photographs by Joe Devenney.
The Beguiling World of Barbara Cooney
At her studio on the shore in Walpole, an award- winning artist mixes paint with homespun wisdom to create books children treasure. By Jeff Clark.
Aroostook Uber Alles!
During World War II, thousands of German POWs labored in Maine fields and forests to aid the Allied war effort. By Thomas A. Verde.
Yet Another Guinness Record
Three million cubic feet of Maine hot air lifted Super Maine, the world’s largest balloon. By Thomas A. Gaines.
Making It in Maine
Breadboxes, organs, and children’s books — three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Departments
Room With A View
The other day I started to clean out my boathouse, and I was suddenly struck by the fact that I was unknowingly maintaining a museum of Early American artifacts, although in my quaint way I was still regarding them as tools. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Sabbathday Lake
Shaker Mission to Portland
The Maine Viewpoint
Canadian Connection
Along the Waterfront
One Man, One Boat
Down East Bookshelf
What Became of Them by Denis Ledoux
Outdoor Maine
Wintry Weather Signs
Top of the Month
Nutcrackers North and South
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
A Hot Time in Hampden
Cover: Early evening, Damariscotta, on the shortest day of the year — harbinger of the holiday season. Photograph by Joe Devenney.