Features
In Search of Aunt Deb
A pilgrimage into the past reveals the woman behind the legend of Westbrook College’s indomitable Deborah Morton. By Carol Brightman.
Fifty-nine, Going on Sixty
The Portland Symphony Orchestra warms up for a milestone anniversary with a bravura winter season. By Raymond J. Blair.
Making It In Maine
Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Autumn on ‘The Airline’
It’s a hundred straight miles of color from Bangor to Calais. Photographs by Joe Devenney.
Oh, To Be in Maine
For the true Mainiac, autumn is the season supreme. By Roy Barrette.
Down East Cookery: Duck
From the field or freezer, this wild fowl has a taste all its own. By Michael T. Kinnicutt.
Digging In at Potato Harvest Time
Fall recess is more work than play for Aroostook schoolchildren. Photographs by Richard Hackett.
Requiem for the Gundalow
Workhorse of the Piscataqua, it left a colorful history. By Richard E. Winslow III.
Maine— A Guide to Winter 1983/84
A special forty-page pullout section on winter events and activities in the Pine Tree State.
Departments
Room With A View
This day was going to be a model of beauty, I could see that already. The sun had not yet appeared, but the east reflected a rosy glow. By Caskie Stinnett.
For the Record
Lighting Up with Solar Power
My Maine
A Night to Remember
Down East Bookshelf
Speaking of Maine
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Moose Hunt Referendum Shaping Up as Tight Contest
I Remember
The Great Bar Harbor Fire of 1947
Cover: “Carvers Harbor, Vinalhaven” (27″ x 36″), oil on canvas, by Connee Jellison. Mrs. Jellison, a native of Mt. Desert Island, lives in Salisbury Cove and exhibits her work locally.