Down East September 1988

September 1988

The table of contents from the September 1988 issue of Down East.

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.