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Features
SoPo So Good
A town once known for its car culture is enjoying a pedestrian renaissance — and with it a burst of fresh energy. Is South Portland the Brooklyn to Portland’s Manhattan? By Edgar Allen Beem.
50 Shades of Chambray
How Saco-Biddeford’s textile mills launched a titillating 19th-century paperback phenomenon. Prepare to be scandalized. By Elizabeth De Wolfe.
Becoming Wild
A young family of tenderfoots finds a gentle introduction to the North Woods at a cozy backcountry lodge. By Lewis Robinson.
Let’s Drink Maine Beer!
Maine’s craft beer scene is buzzing like never before. Join us for a couple of cold ones? By Brian Kevin.
Departments
Where in Maine?
Do you recognize this dining spot with the brilliantly straightforward name?
Editor’s Note
Women’s Rights
Letters to the Editor
What You Said
Your Maine
What’s you favorite Maine libation?
North by East
Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine
Down East Dispatches
News You May Have Missed
Peonies in Bloom
Falmouth’s Gilsland Farm Shows Its Colors in June
What’s in a Picture
Portland’s Humble Expo at 100
Sole Man
A Cobbler at Work
Small World
The Nation’s Miniaturists Gather in Castine
Dooryard
Living the Maine Life
Home
Passive Solar in Parsonsfield
Making It in Maine
The Bag Ladies of Erda
Recipe
A Summer Frittata
Room With a View
Once Bitten
Guide
What to Do in Maine This Month
Dining
Bao Bao Dumpling House, Portland
Art
Woodworking Behind Bars
Music
Tom Luther Quintet
Book
New Hiking Guidebooks
Fiction
Excerpt from Paul Doiron’s The Precipice
Calendar
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From Our Archives
Adventure at Sea — June 1985
Cover: Western Maine campfire by Michael Wilson.