Features
North by East
Opinions and advisories on North Woods ghost trains, fingerling futures, and Big Mac beano in Millinocket.
A Jaunt through Grafton Notch
It’s one state park you can tour without leaving your car, and springtime is the season to be there. By Andrew Vietze.
Learning to Ask the Right Questions
Over the last twenty-five years, students and faculty at College of the Atlantic have been studying the impact of man on the natural world — and their approach has turned heads across the nation. By Jeff Clark.
Overlooked Underbrush
Utterly invisible for fifty weeks of the year, the shadbush in its moment of glory is, quite simply, incomparable. By Richard Grant.
Evicted
The joy one seasonal resident of Woolwich felt at returning to his summer place turned to consternation when he discovered who had moved in while he was gone. Photograph by Thomas Mark Szelog.
Defying Springtime
Deserted houses that dot the Maine countryside take on an added poignance when all else around them quickens with the return of warm weather. A portfolio of photographs by Brian Vanden Brink.
Making It In Maine
Three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Trail Mix
A lone hiker teams up with two strangers on the Appalachian Trail to tackle the Hundred Mile Wilderness. By Lisa Price.
Lasting lmpression
At the turn of the century, some of the finest bricks in the world hailed from Brewer, as an unusual portrait recalls. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.
Boating Down East
A guide to Maine’s summer pleasures afloat, spotlighting the Boothbay area.
Departments
Room With A View
I know a place on the coast of Maine where the life of the entire village seems to be lived on the municipal dock. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Maine
North Woods News
The Maine Viewpoint
Head of the Class
Inside Maine
Historic Heaps
Down East Bookshelf
Buried Alive
I Remember
Charley’s Choice
Cover: Screw Auger Falls at Grafton Notch State Park, by Robert Villani.