Features
The Trouts of Maine
Watercolor paintings of the state’s magnificent eight illustrate why fly fishing is a time-honored art in Maine. By Peter Thompson.
For Sale: The Green, Green Taste of Spring
Most gardeners detest dandelions, but at a small cannery in Wilton, they are cultivated by the acre. By Robert Deis.
Gadfly? Eccentric? Visionary?
Charles MacArthur, of Dover-Foxcroft, sounds the alarm loud and clear about an impending energy crisis. By Bernard Huebner.
Grammie
A noted author recalls her childhood with a strong-willed Blue Hill grandmother. By Virginia Chase.
Unlocking the Secrets of the Gulf of Maine
Bigelow Lab, in Boothbay Harbor, seeks answers to marine mysteries vital to the state’s fisheries. By Bill Prosser.
Gardening on the Maine Coast
Nowhere in Maine is the glory of spring — and summer — so enchanting as in gardens close to the sea. By Brian Vanden Brink.
Departments
Room With A View
I possess an admiration for the man of coastal Maine but of all of his talents the one I admire the most is his understanding of that seventy-five-pound package of inert metal, tubes, wire, and general mischief known as an outboard motor. By Caskie Stinnett.
Traveling Down East
Poland Spring — A Spring Tonic
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Smuggled Fish Bait Endangers Maine Species
Down East Bookshelf
The Game Fishes of New England and Southeastern Canada by Peter Thompson
I Remember
Launching Ships at Thomaston
Cover: “Punt on a Pond” (20″ x 28″), oil on canvas by Roger Gilson, whose work is exhibited at Maine’s Massachusetts House in Lincolnville. Mr. Gilson, for forty years a member of the art department of the Boston Herald American, spends his summers on the coast of Maine.