Just a Plane Ride Away
Many newcomers to Maine discover the state isn?t as remote as they thought.
By Joshua F. Moore
winnie easton-jones is making plans for another trip from her home in Camden back to her childhood roots in France. Emilia Robert has only lived in Maine for about a month, and she's already planning to visit friends and relatives near her former home in Rhode Island. And Rockport attorney Dana Strout and his wife, Dorie, have just returned from ten days in Germany and France.
Mainers, it seems, are on the move. Some newcomers see the state as the frontier, a place where escapes can be as unlikely as beach days in February.
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