Features
Running a Wilderness River
A week-long paddle down the St. John ranks as one of Maine’s premier experiences. By Davis Thomas.
Bold New Museum of Art
Portland welcomes the opening of a cultural showplace. By John N. Cole.
Idylls of a Maine Summer
A portfolio of antique photographs recalls old summer pastimes.
Sumer Is Icumen ln
The season is short in length, but long on pleasures for visitors. By Roy Barrette.
Making It In Maine
Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
A Day at Sea on the ‘Allison E’
A best-selling author learns about trawling in the Gulf of Maine. By William Least Heat Moon.
A Stroll Through Belfast
A visit is like a journey back to an earlier day. Photographs by Kip Brundage.
A Special Kind of Freedom
A few Aroostook Indians cleave to the art of basket making. By Bunny McBride.
Down East Cookery: Native Trout
Few outdoor meals can top a panful of freshly caught brook trout. By Tracy Lord.
Gettin’ Her to Water
A ninety-foot sloop makes it to her launching with inches to spare. By James P. Brown.
Departments
Room With A View
My rural mail carrier is greatly displeased with the tilt that my mailbox acquired over the winter, and I am equally displeased with the slow delivery of mail. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Bar Harbor
Bar Island Brouhaha
Traveling Down East
Telling It Like It Is — In Rockport
Down East Bookshelf
Exploring History — Natural and Otherwise
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Summer Fishing Could Be Hurt by Early Ice-Out
I Remember
Dancing at the Crystal Ballroom
Cover: “Perkins Cove” (22″ x 28″), acrylic on masonite, by Jane Betts. A summer resident of Ogunquit for more than thirty years, Mrs. Betts has shown her work in several galleries in southern Maine, including the Ogunquit Barn Gallery and the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset.