Features
Made in Maine of Wood
A long tradition of wooden shipbuilding lives on. By Bill Prosser.
Have Bees, Will Travel
Beekeepers, like their charges, keep busy all summer. By Anne Weber.
Burnham Tavern
Where rum and patriotism once flowed freely. By Charles Zurhorst.
Carrageenan, Anyone?
You’ve probably had some today — from Rockland. By Dava Sobel.
Austin Cary: Pioneer Forester
The rough-hewn diamond who revolutionized forestry. By Gloria Hutchinson.
Vanished Temple of Art
Bar Harbor’s grandiose gesture lasted but forty years. By Gladys O’Neil.
Wild Orchids of Maine
Observe, enjoy, but please don’t pluck.
Lo, The Humble Alewife
A little fish supports several coastal communities. By Hugh Williams.
Departments
Room With A View
For better or worse, I think I shall take Rudy’s advice and relocate the wharf. I’ll build a new path through the forest and — the thought has just begun to effloresce in my mind — I’ll cause it to wind in such a way that it will intersect with the old path, thus claiming the best of both situations. By Caskie Stinnett.
Traveling Down East
Kennebunkport
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Down East Bookshelf
Anthropology Toward History: Culture and Work in the 19th-Century Maine Town by Richard P. Horowitz
Outdoor Maine
Bigger Landlocked Salmon Forecast in Sebago Lake
I Remember
“Doctoring” in a Barn
Cover: “Spring Street, Belfast,” (19″ x 15″), oil on hardboard, by Marilyn Reay of Brooks. Mrs. Reay’s work is on display in a number of Maine galleries, and her studio-gallery in Brooks is open to the public during the summer.