Features
Operation Puffin
After 70 years, will puffins return to Muscongus Bay? By B. Bartram Cadbury.
Poems on the Way Home
Vignettes of coastal life by a self-styled “fishwife’. By Katherine Higgins.
Maine at the Crossroads
A cautiously hopeful look at the state’s future. By Lew Dietz.
Hollywood on the Kennebec
Augusta’s brief days of glory as a movie capital. By Lois Lowry.
Down-to-Earth Approach to Learning
College of the Atlantic breaks new educational ground. By Dava Sobel.
Whitewater Rafting
An exhilarating new sport comes to Maine. Photos by Burt Packard.
The ‘Black Art’ of Casting Stoneware
Skill and perseverance are the ingredients for success. By Clare Francis.
Trending into Summer
Photographic essay of blossoming wildflowers mark the turn of season.
Departments
Room With A View
A few days ago I experienced again the ritual of opening a house on a small Maine island, and it left me with a light heart and a fine sense of life’s renewal. By Caskie Stinnett.
North By East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Down East Bookshelf
The Shining by Stephen King
Outdoor Maine
Cold and Coyotes Hurt Maine’s Deer Herd
Cover: “Offshore Breeze” (11″ x 17″), a watercolor By David Gray of Penobscot. Mr. Gray is presently represented in the Frost Gully Gallery in Portland, and his studio in North Castine is open summers by appointment.