Features
The Ice Age Cometh?
Scientists study the glacial past to predict an icy future. By Robert Deis.
Golf Balls, Mutton and Signal Flags
Brown Ship Chandlery specializes in the unusual. By Victor A. Schlich.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
A growth industry flourishes in Albion. By Jay Davis.
Gale Warning!
Color essay: A record storm racks Monhegan. Photographs by Stephen Rubicam.
Case of the Vanishing Bobcat
Mounting pressures cloud the future of Maine’s ‘bob.’ By Robert D. Eiseley.
Roll Out the Barrels!
Slack cooperage stages a comeback. Photographs by Stephen T. Whitney.
Maine’s Splendid Little War
Story behind a picture of the Spanish-American War. By Anne Molloy.
Departments
Room With A View
My opposition to the new bridge is based upon the old-fashioned and possibly obsolete concept that the present bridge is adequate. By Caskie Stinnett.
Traveling Down East
Interlude in Jonesport
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Down East Bookshelf
The Letters of Thomas Gorges, Deputy Governor of the Province of Maine 1640-1643
Outdoor Maine
Open Season on Moose More Likely this Year
I Remember
My Auto Trip on the Trolley Line
Cover: “Gale Warning,” (30″ x 40″), oil on canvas by Chris Nielsen. A native of Portland and recent graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, Mr. Nielsen is a merchant mariner who spends time this easel between voyages.