Features
Thar’s Copper in Them Thar Hills
After ten years of dogged search, a Maine geologist has struck a billion-dollar bonanza in the hills of Aroostook County. By Michael T. Kinnuicutt.
Down East Cookery: Apples
In autumn Maine’s orchards provide bounty for the bake oven. By Tracy Lord.
Amsburys Slept Here
A new owner traces the genealogy of an old house. By Paul G. Charbonneau.
Mr. Kennedy and the Pine Tree Hunting Club
L.L. Bean hired him, but no one was his boss. By John Gould.
Seas of Wrath
In color: The furious winter waters of Monhegan Island. Photographs by Richard Farrell.
All in a Night’s Work
Monhegan men answer a call of distress. By Alice True Larkin.
Annals of Maine Crime
A case of triple murder aboard the barkentine ‘Herbert Fuller.’ By Curt Norris.
The Late, Great Medal of Honor Caper
How an entire Maine regiment won the nation’s highest honor. By Christopher Hyde.
A Guide to Winter, 1982
A special section on winter sports activities in The Pine Tree State.
Departments
Room With A View
I have always had a low opinion of that time of day when the tide is dead low and all of the mud flats are exposed, but in truth it is at low tide that most of the secrets of the sea world are revealed. By Caskie Stinnett.
My Maine
Molly the Moose and Me
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Lead-Load Ban Partially Repealed
Down East Bookshelf
Sweetsir by Helen Yglesias
I Remember
Fresh Game for Breakfast
Cover: “Red Chair” (15″ x 22″), oil on canvas, by Naima Rauam. A resident of Green Lake, near Ellsworth, Ms. Rauam, frequently exhibits her wort at Massachusetts House in Lincolnville.