Down East Magazine

April 2007

Archive » Features
Bienvenue! Each summer, thousands of tourists travel from Quebec to vacation at Old Orchard Beach. For one August weekend, I decided to join them. By Elizabeth Peavey, Photography by David A. Rodgers
Lighthouse Love Affair An excerpt from a new book by Tom and Lee Ann Szelog recalls the many years they spent living at Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde. By Tom and Lee Ann Szelog
Musical Sunrises An adult music camp has provided unexpected benefits to the easternmost town in the United States. By Rebecca Martin Evarts, Photography By Chris Becker
A New Day Can Maine's family beach resort go upscale without losing its honky-tonk soul? By Colin Woodard, Photography By Carl D. Walsh
Katahdin Trail Mix Hikers on Katahdin always wonder at the view. The state's highest peak is the tallest thing for miles in any direction, soaring from sea level to sky, and thus provides a truly astonishing look at the northern half of Maine.
Broadway at the Beach For seventy-five seasons the Ogunquit Playhouse has lured some of the world's best actors to Maine. Do you recognize their faces? By Jeff Clark
Hidden Highlands Thanks to a hard-working corps of "kitchen-table" conservationists, the Belgrade Lakes region is now home to an astonishing public resource -- miles of protected trails, forests, and ponds, all waiting to be discovered. By Elizabeth Peavey, Photography by Randy Ury
Take It Slow A paddle down the Pemaquid River provides the perfect way to slip into a Maine summer mindset. By Joshua F. Moore, Photography By Sara Gray
Archive » Editor's Note
Editor's Note By Paul Doiron
Archive » Inside Maine
Inside Maine
Archive » Letters to The Editor
Letters to the editor
Archive » My Maine
My Blue Heaven It took a weekend getaway to remind us why we'd moved to Maine. By Maria Padian
Archive » North By East
North by East Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Archive » Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Archive » The Maine Viewpoint
A Blow to Wind Power Editorial opinions from across the state
Archive » The Talk of Maine
Portland's Second Act By Michaela Cavallaro
Archive » What's In A Picture?
Boys Will Be Boys A wrecked canoe makes for a hilarious end to summer at a boys camp in 1934. By Joshua F. Moore
Archive » Where In Maine?
Where in Maine? By Photograph by Kevin Shields

Features

Bienvenue!

Each summer, thousands of tourists travel from Quebec to vacation at Old Orchard Beach. For one August weekend, I decided to join them.

By Elizabeth Peavey, Photography by David A. Rodgers

Lighthouse Love Affair

An excerpt from a new book by Tom and Lee Ann Szelog recalls the many years they spent living at Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde.

By Tom and Lee Ann Szelog

Musical Sunrises

An adult music camp has provided unexpected benefits to the easternmost town in the United States.

By Rebecca Martin Evarts, Photography By Chris Becker

A New Day

Can Maine's family beach resort go upscale without losing its honky-tonk soul?

By Colin Woodard, Photography By Carl D. Walsh

Hikers on Katahdin always wonder at the view. The state's highest peak is the tallest thing for miles in any direction, soaring from sea level to sky, and thus provides a truly astonishing look at the northern half of Maine.

Broadway at the Beach

For seventy-five seasons the Ogunquit Playhouse has lured some of the world's best actors to Maine. Do you recognize their faces?

By Jeff Clark

Hidden Highlands

Thanks to a hard-working corps of "kitchen-table" conservationists, the Belgrade Lakes region is now home to an astonishing public resource -- miles of protected trails, forests, and ponds, all waiting to be discovered.

By Elizabeth Peavey, Photography by Randy Ury