Features
To Save an Island: Two Approaches — Then & Now
One hundred years ago Frederick Law Olmsted drew up an enduring development plan for cottages on Cushing Island in Casco Bay. When Miss Anita Harris bequeathed Holbrook Island to the state three years ago she ordered that all evidence of civilization be removed.
Miss Harris’ Island Legacy
By Norah Deakin Davis.
Time and the River
A native son returns to York Village. By F.H. Best.
A Little Respect for the Mussel
An underrated mollusk gets a boost in Tenans Harbor. By Michael Brosnan.
One Over Our Limit
The last strike of the day was more than either of us had bargained for. By David E. Morine.
In the Harpswells
People work here as well as play. Photographs by Joe Devenney.
Art Is Her Field
In Georgetown, Anne Weber tends a farm — and an art gallery. By Shirley Jacks.
The Whole World in His Hand
Freeport mapmaker Dave DeLorme crams the entire globe onto a CD. By Jeff Clark.
Maine’s Greatest Yachtsman
Does anyone remember the Delphine? Lyndonia? Wanderer? Fred Crockett does. By James P. Brown.
Portland’s Most Exclusive Enclave
By William David Barry and Ellen MacDonald Ward.
Making It in Maine
Three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Departments
Room With A View
I reminded the teller that I was seeking to make a deposit in a bank, not in a computer, and she looked at me as though I were rejecting the Old Testament. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Blue Hill
Radio Free Blue Hill
The Maine Viewpoint
Boater’s Beware
Letter from Upcountry
September Bushwhacking
Along the Waterfront
Grub Tubbers Meet in South Freeport
Down East Bookshelf
Speak to the Winds by Ruth Moore
Top of the Month
Nature Crafts in Wells
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
The Ghost Car in Warren
It Happened Down East
Bluebird Bake
Cover: Holbrook Island, by Benjamin Magro.