Features
Legacy of the Penobscot Million
John Black crowned his illustrious career as land agent, soldier, merchant, and politician with a stately home in Ellsworth. By David E. Philips.
Freeport, Inc.?
Residents of a small coastal town worry about a retail boom. By James P. Brown.
Practice Makes Perfect
Hard work is the order of the day at Camden’s famed harp colony. By Madeline Lee.
Making It In Maine
Three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Butter Island’s First (and Last) Resort
Early in the century a Penobscot Bay isle was converted into a rustic spa. By Charles B. McLane.
Vive les Acadiens!
A renaissance of cultulal pride is animating the St. John Valley. By Nicholas Dean.
Launching a Dream
Newest of the windjammers, “Heritage” was a four-year labor of love.
A Bird in the Hand
Problem: raising a fledgling ovenbird. Solution: glasshoppers. By Susan Shetterly.
Summer Fog
Six pages of color photoglaphs capture Nature’s misty moods.
Home, Sweet Home on the Sheepscot
Two Boston “a-cris-to-rats” rejuvenate a dilapidated homestead. By F. Wenderoth Saunders.
All Aboard for Paradise!
Jimmy Barstow and the “Laura B” link Monhegan to the main. By Elizabeth Cary Pierson.
Departments
Room With A View
I must confess, too, that there are occasions when time starts off as working time and before you know it, it has slipped across that vague and shadowy line into free time. By Caskie Stinnett.
Down East Bookshelf
The Police Know Everything by Sanford Phippen
The Talk of Southport
Like Father, Like Sons
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Sebago Lake Landlocked Salmon No Longer Holds a Spot in the World Record Books
I Remember
Shipping Out on the ‘Reine Marie Stewart’
Cover: “Warning Bell, Pemaquid Point” (30″ x 60″, detail), acrylic polymer on hardboard, by Howard Etter. A resident of Cherryfield, Mr. Etter’s work is on display in Maine at the Massachusetts House in Lincolnville.