Features
The Return of Rockwell Kent
An impressive retrospective in Portland recalls the life of an adventurous and controversial artist. By Jeff Clark.
There’s No Place Like HOME
Energized by an extraordinary Maine woman, an unusual craft cooperative thrives in Orland. By Ellen E. MacDonald.
Improving on Reality
On Deer Isle a photographer creates starkly haunting images by hand-coloring black-and-white prints. Color photographs by David Klopfenstein.
Making It In Maine
Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Maine’s Czar of Bedlam
A sharp tongue, rapier wit, and keen ambition raised Portlander Tom Reed to the pinnacle of Washington power. By Herbert Adams.
Vacations with a Purpose
Elderhostel lures the over-sixty crowd to Maine by mixing recreation with a heady tonic of self-improvement. By Norah Deakin Davis.
Elmer’s Bountiful Barn
In the village of Coopers Mills, a Maine trader runs an emporium that has become a landmark. By Alan Rosenberg.
Maine Vacations 1986
A special 64-page supplement on the many opportunities for Maine summer vacations.
Departments
Room With A View
There is a fierce independence in the people of Maine, and their natural skepticism leads them to rap a questionable coin on the counter to make sure that it gives off the proper sound. By Caskie Stinnett.
For the Record
University Faces Shakeup
Along the Waterfront
New Gig ‘Flies’ Amid Ice Floes
Outdoor Maine
January Blizzards Trap Outdoorsmen
Calendar of Events
March Highlights
Down East Bookshelf
Firewood Pond by Michael Kimball
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Where and When?
Can you identify the Maine ovation of this scene and the approximate date it was taken?
I Remember
Maple Walnut Mixup in Mars Hill
Cover: Great Schooner Race, Penobscot Bay, by F. Stephen Ward.