Features
Sheep Stage a Lively Comeback
Spurred by the efforts of dedicated sheepherders, Maine’s flocks have increased by 40 percent in the last four years. By Michael T. Kinnicutt.
The Importance of Being Tetraploid
Raising hybrid irises on the Maine coast is a blooming second career for octogenarian Dr. Currier McEwen. By Jane Lamb.
Memorial Day in Dresden
A small town gives a full-dress salute to the fallen of America’s wars. Photographs by Chris Bauer.
The First Stripers of Spring
Each May, Harpswell’s first fisherman awaits the stripers’ return. By John N. Cole.
The Boy on the Bicycle
A famed ornithologist recalls an unusual Maine childhood. By Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr.
Jonesport
A Down East fishing village sits for its color portrait. Photographs by Morgan Hebard, Jr.
Making It In Maine
Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
The Way It Was…Swordfishing on the Banks
A firsthand account of chasing an elusive quarry fifty years ago. By John MacVane.
Departments
Room With A View
The men and women of Maine are personally thrifty, perhaps tightfisted, but a surprisingly broad streak of profligacy seems to be woven into the political fabric of the state. By Caskie Stinnett.
Down East Cookstove
The Slapdash Factor
Traveling Down East
Bustins Island
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Down East Bookshelf
The Wildest Country by J. Parker Huber
Outdoor Maine
Deer Herd Needs Rebuilding
I Remember
Judge Rose and the Steamer Catherine
Cover: “Along the Verge” (19″x24″), oil on hardboard by Roger Gilson, whose work is exhibited at Maine’s Massachusetts House in Lincolnville. For forty years a member of the art department of the Boston Herald American, Mr. Gilson spends his summers on the coast of Maine.