Features
Can Portland Be Saved?
After twenty-five years as guardian of the city’s architectural heritage, Greater Portland Landmarks has started suing people. By Jeff Clark.
What Makes Joanie Run?
Her new book gives some answers: true grit, and much more. By Beth Crichlow.
To Hunt a Duck
Firing a shotgun is only part of the ritual. By Peter H. Spectre.
Sweater Girls
Three young Maine designers have hit it big with home knitters. By Carol Wyckoff.
A View for the Birds
One way to take in the spectacle of the North Woods autumn is to hire a floatplane. Photographs by Benjamin Magro.
Ken Curtis to the Rescue
Maine Maritime Academy was in desperate straits when the former governor took the helm of his alma mater last year. By James P. Brown.
Making It in Maine
Paperweights, popcom, and apple ladders — three more success stories.
The Stovewood Caper
Or, who put the gunpowder in Miss McCobb’s firewood? By Edwin D. Merry.
The Maine Way of Winter
A special 24-page supplement devoted to the splendors of winter vacationing in the Pine Tree State — from downhill skiing to weekends at picturesque inns.
Departments
Room With A View
A man can’t spend a night as rare as this one sleeping, and I put on some shoes and went down to the wharf and untied the dinghy. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Wiscasset
Eye of the Storm
The Maine Viewpoint
Billboard Blunder
Letter from Upcountry
Trashing It
Boating Down East
Schooner ‘Bowdoin’ is Outward Bound
Down East Bookshelf
The New Maine Cooking by Jean Ann Pollard
Top of the Month
Brahms and Berlioz at Bangor
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
Red Astrachans and Cherry Pippins
Cover: Moosehead Lake. By Benjamin Magro.