Features
Wilderness Ho!
Leader of many environmental battles, Rob Gardiner spearheads today’s efforts to open up Maine’s public lands to wilderness recreation. By Jeff Clark.
Homage to the Lobster
An elaborate new exhibit in Bath surveys 300 years of harvesting a Maine mainstay. By Jason Stone.
How’s This for a Backyard?
Joan and Russell Moors, of Auburn, cultivate 500 varieties of iris — with a passion. By Jane Lamb.
Fog
On the Maine coast, fog is nature’s invitation to stop, look, and listen. By Roy Barrette.
An Island Vision
North Haven is home, anchor, and lodestar for painter-sculptor Eric Hopkins. By Norah Deakin Davis.
Those Were the Days!
Resort life on Cape Rosier was — and is — uniquely nonresort. By Dikkon Eberhart.
Signs of Summer
Lighthouses, quiet harbors, and Hobie cats await the burgeoning throngs of summercators. Photographs by Joe Devenney.
Making It In Maine
Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Down East Shivaree
When islanders serenaded the mainland newlyweds, it was a night to remember. By Peter Scott.
The Gathering Mystery of Lucy Farnsworth
A Victorian homestead remains the chief clue to the identity of a faceless millionairess. By Richard Davis Slaton.
Departments
Room With A View
The appeal of Maine, of course, is that it stands alone on the Atlantic coast as a rugged, fiercely independent state inhabited by people of great common sense and practicality who will tolerate a little foolishness but not too much. By Caskie Stinnett.
For the Record
Tourism: Europe’s Loss May Be Maine’s Gain
The Maine Viewpoint
Insects, Oil, and Incarceration
Boating Down East
Around the World in 150 Days
Outdoor Maine
New Fees for North Maine Woods, Inc
Down East Bookshelf
The Girl Who Would Be Russian by Willis Johnson
Calendar of Events
June Highlights
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
A Ginger Ale with FDR
Cover: Dawn on the St. John, by Davis Thomas.