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July 2015

The table of contents from the July 2015 issue of Down East.

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Features

East Side, West Side

All around Sebago Lake, people are living the barefoot life. We take a spin around Maine’s classic freshwater oasis. By Edgar Allen Beem.

Shattered

A historic process is exposing the injuries inflicted by Maine’s child welfare system on generations of Wabanaki people — and illuminating a way forward to bring healing and change. By Virginia M. Wright.

Our Hopper

Ever wanted to step right into a painting by one of your favorite artists? How one man found himself living inside an obscure Edward Hopper. By David Millward.

Best of Maine!

Our handy, savvy, witty guide to our favorite Maine everything. Plus: Our readers weigh in with their own picks on food, travel, entertainment, the arts, and more. The only list you need for a smashing Maine summer.

 

 

Departments

Where in Maine?

Can you identify this beloved coastal town?

Editor’s Note

Visiting Palace Playland

Letters to the Editor

What You Said

Your Maine

What’s your best memory of a Maine lake?

 

 

North by East

Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine

Down East Dispatches

News You May Have Missed

Rotor Heads

The legacy of an aviation pioneer lives on deep in the North Woods (weirdly enough).

What’s in a Picture

Appalachian Pie

Pyro Maine-iac

For the state’s fireworks king, business is (ahem) booming.

End of Story

A Eulogy for the Salt Writing Program

 

 

Dooryard

Living the Maine Life

Home

Village Farm

Making It in Maine

Habitat for Hobbits

Recipe

Biscuits with Summer Berries

My Maine

The Littoral Truth

Room With a View

Fliers

 

 

Guide

What to Do in Maine This Month

Dining

Mill 67, Sanford

Art

Abelardo Morell at Bowdoin

Garden

Camden Garden Club

Sport

Moose Meadows Golf

Excerpt

From Peter Pfeiffer’s Hard Chance

Book

Through Children’s Eyes

Calendar

Go here. Do this. See that.

From Our Archives

Tending the Light — July 1990
Cover: Man o’War Brook Falls on Somes Sound, Acadia National Park, by Susan Cole Kelly.