Features
Paradise at Risk?
Growing numbers of Maine’s lakes and ponds are threatened by accelerating development. A special report explores the problems afflicting this unique recreational resource.
Keeper of the Flame
Maine native, art critic, social scold, Edgar Allen Beem dukes it out with all and sundry, guided by his own vision of the Maine mystique. By Peter H. Spectre.
Five for the 90s
Working in completely different mediums, five Maine women artists have staked out their own claims on the future. By Ellen MacDonald Ward. Photographs by Kip Brundage.
Bring on the Skyscrapers!
Architect George Terrien has a vision for Portland in the year 2008. By William Houseman.
Blazing the Trail in Maine
Winner of the 1988 Down East Environmental Award is David Field, of Hampden, who in his lifelong commitment to improving the Appalachian Trail in Maine has demonstrated dramatically that one man can make a big difference. By Robert Kimber.
Van Gogh to the Rescue
The biggest price ever paid for a painting has helped save the day for Portland’s little Westbrook College. By Norah Deakin Davis.
Wicked Good!
Lillian Gish and Bette Davis make a film on an island in Casco Bay. By Davis Thomas.
Secrets
A new Maine short story by Willis Johnson.
The Maine Edge
A special 24-page report by the Editors of Down East on a new business-development strategy for the state.
Departments
Room With A View
Winter in Maine gives an impressive performance, and although I was now only tasting the edge of it I could sense something in the wind. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Madawaska
English Spoken Ici
On the Arts Scene
A Theater Grows in Bangor
Cover: Kezar Lake, by Tom Stewart.