Features
Waiting for Spring
A North Woods legend for nearly fifty years, Len Pelletier looks forward to another season on the storied St. John River. By Robert F. Baldwin.
Hidden Treasure
The Ruggles House in Columbia Falls is clearly worth a detour. By Winnie White.
‘I Can Get It for You Retail’
Retailer Bob Reny is Maine’s Mr. Small Businessman. By Peter H. Spectre.
Upward and Onward with the Arts
Bath volunteers raised half a million dollars — and a historic church as well — in the process of saving the city’s art center. By Norah Deakin Davis.
How to Shoot a Spring Warbler
You’ll need a camera and lots of patience. By Samuel A. Eliot.
The Little Railroad that Couldn’t
In its seventy-nine-year career the narrow-gauge Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington richly earned is popular nickname: Weak, Weary, & Feeble.
Big Business in Small Rugs
The Moshimers of Kennebunkport control a hooked-rug empire. By Carol Jeffrey.
Roughing It
Very little has changed at Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps. By F.M. Brooks.
Preview of Coming Attractions
Like the weather, lilacs are unpredictable. Will 1988 be a banner year?
Making It in Maine
Three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Boating Down East
A Guide to Summer Pleasures Afloat, an annual thirty-two-page supplement by the Editors of Down East.
Departments
Room With A View
There’s something about Maine’s oddities — such as clean water and unpolluted air — that bothers The New York Times, which prefers the commonplace stuff it is used to, such as muggings, homicide, and the theft of public funds. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Swan’s Island
An Island Memorial Day
The Maine Viewpoint
Raising Aspirations
Letter from Upcountry
Lunch at the Country Seat Inn
Down East Bookshelf
Cruising Guides
Top of the Month
Rum Running in Bath
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
Bertha’s Unwanted Guest
Cover: Captain, mate, and a Friendship sloop. By Benjamin Mendlowitz.