Features
A Night to Remember
Eyewitness paintings re-create the Great Portland Fire. By William David Barry.
Bringin’ Home the Bacon
Maine co-ops offer good food, low costs, and hard work. By Jane Day.
Mike Madden, Maine Clubman
His societies could hardly have been more exclusive. By John Gould.
The Bunkers of Cranberry Isle
Eight generations have lived and worked close to the sea. By Gunnar Hansen.
Sun, Moon, and Stars
The pace of island life is governed by the heavens. By George and Valerie Loehr.
Sparring Partners
A woodlot and two horses provide spars for a new ketch. By William Leavenworth.
Departments
Room With A View
There’s something very comforting about a kerosene lamp, and I’ve spent considerable time trying to figure out what it is. I know there’s something aromatic and peaceful in a room where a lamp burns, something that suggests warmth and comfort and the cyclic rhythm of life itself. By Caskie Stinnett.
Traveling Down East
Quoddy Head State Park
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Deerhunters and Wildfowlers Take to Field
Down East Bookshelf
The Magic Ship by Sandra Paretti
I Remember
Miss Carlon of Belfast
Cover: “Harpswell” (20″ x28″), oil by Brunswick artist and children’s book author Edythe A. Laws. Miss Laws, who has three times received high awards at showings at the State House in Augusta and is listed in Who’s Who in American Women, exhibits her work at her studio, 5 Page Street, Brunswick.