Features
Eastport: Life on the Edge
Way down east, at the easternmost edge of the nation, a breed of hardy inhabitants savor an exhilarating way of life. By Robert F. Baldwin.
Maine’s First Pop Artist
William Prior, a Portland “face maker,” is attaining belated recognition as a unique chronicler of nineteenth-century Maine life. By William David Barry.
Outward Bound with Bob Rheault
A former Green Beret commander leads a program that helps Vietnam vets become whole again. By James P. Brown.
Tripping the ‘Longwise’ Fantastic
A legacy from Maine’s hard-working rural past, contra dancing enjoys new-found popularity today. By Bob Solomon.
Saturday Afternoon on the Eastern River
Ice fishing at Dresden promises more than just a mess of smelts. By Peter H. Spectre.
Making It In Maine
Aquariums, rugs, and ironware — three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Tollers vs. Decoys
A fifty-year-old company in Bowdoinham makes decoys designed to fool ducks and to please humans. By Norah Deakin Davis.
Murder!
Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley was shot dead in an 1838 duel that many Northerners called execution. By Sallie Huot.
The Waterville Five
In 1978 a small group of film fanatics opened a theater that has become a mecca for serious movie buffs from all over the state. By Beth Crichlow.
Maine Vacations 1988
A special 72-page supplement highlighting the many possibilities for Maine summer vacations.
Departments
Room With A View
A man gets homesick for strange things sometimes, like a song he has carried in his mind for a half-century, or the scent given off by the husk of a black walnut, or the sight of certain cloud formations that remind him of a carefree childhood, but there is nothing in my memory bank quite so seductive and appealing as the arrival of true spring. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Indian Island
Casino Penobscot
Along the Waterfront
Beals Island Lobsterboat Revived
Down East Bookshelf
Housemending by Dale McCormick
Letter from Upcountry
A Perfect Winter
Top of the Month
March Highlights
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
Fighting the War in Bath
Cover: Ready for Summer ’88, on Islesboro. By Jack McConnell.