Features
Home Sweet Home
A visit with Carolyn Chute finds the best-selling author calmly preparing for another brush with fame and fortune. By Robert F. Baldwin.
Maine Up Close
A portfolio of Eliot Porter photographs celebrates a long career spent capturing the natural world with consummate artistry.
A Day on the River
Rowing down the Penobscot is a journey back into history. By Peter Spectre.
Serious Antiques
You’ll find them in Jack Partridge’s old cow barn on Route 1. By F.M. Brooks.
Island Hopping
Kayakers seek solitude on a new network of Maine-coast islands. By Bob Solomon.
Sick Tranzit Glory-ah
America’s first stand-up comedian, Maine-born Artemus Ward was famed as the man who made Lincoln laugh. By G.W. Helfrich.
An Eye for Value
Gemologist Jane Perham carries on a family tradition in West Pais. By Jeff Clark.
The Summer of Cecily
Raising an orphaned seal pup was a two-way education. By Nan Lincoln.
Cabinetmaker’s Xanadu
Tom and Gene Hampson built their dream house with their own hands on an island off Boothbay. Now they’re ready to do it all over again. By Norah Deakin Davis.
All Aboard for Maine!
The annual summer pilgrimage began in Boston’s North Station and ended with a steam-boat ride down the Damariscotta. By Ruth Ripley Carver.
Art and Antiques — Summer ’88
A sixteen-page special report on the lively Maine art and antiques scene, June through September.
Departments
Room With A View
! was holding the pie in my right hand, and I hefted it to get the feel of throwing something. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of the Old Port
The Last Bottle Merchant
Outdoor Maine
Brownies on the Kennebec
Along the Waterfront
Shake-Up in the Windjammer Fleet
The Maine Viewpoint
Beach Barriers
Top of the Month
Natives vs. Newcomers
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
The Day Dad Beat Annie Oakley
Cover: Island hopping on the Maine coast. By Tom Stewart.