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Features

Forever Maine Over twenty years, the Land for Maine's Future program has preserved more than 147 of our most beautiful and fragile places - all thanks to you. By Jeff Clark

Called to the Search As the chaplain with the Maine Warden Service, Kate Braestrup lends comfort to people whose loved ones are missing outdoors. An exclusive excerpt from her new book: Here If You Need Me. By Kate Braestrup

Gone to the Dogs These 10 Maine towns - arguably the most pet-friendly in the state - really do treat Rex like royalty. By Michaela Cavallaro

Common Ground For six years, the mass migration of Somali refugees to ewiston has captured the world's attention. But people in L-A no longer want to be part of an international news story. They just want to live their lives. Cynthia Anderson, photography by David A. Rodgers

New in the Neighborhood A contemporary Northeast Harbor retreat honors its grand old neighbors without succumbing to cliche. Kim Ridley, photography by Randy O'Rourke

City Mom, Country Mom Between parents in Maine and those in Manhattan - let's just say I've noticed a difference in philosophies. Heidi Julavits, illustration by Dean Macadam

A Shared Inheritance Camden's historic Harbor Park is both a landscape masterpiece and a community treasure. Virginia Wright, photography by Kevin Shields

Departments

Where in Maine? Recognize this hilltop and its teahouse? Send us a note if you've stopped here for the vista. Photography by Mark Wallack

Editor's Note By Paul Doiron

Letters to the Editor Our Readers Write.

North by East A moment of Zen on the daily commute. | Keepin' it real at the Monson General Store. | Have space glove, will travel. | Rafting's rough waters. | A Portland company bucks the offshoring trend. | Lobsterboats on the ceiling in Vinhalhaven. | Fame and fortune, thanks to Mentos.

The Talk of Maine Taking stock of Maine's innovative school laptop computer program five years later. By Jeff Clark

The Maine Viewpoint Memo to the FCC from the boonies. | Building on conservation. | The moose lottery's disturbing message. | A boom for Brewer. | A disconnect over Plum Creek

Inside Maine • Dining: Bar Lola in Portland offers a simple approach to hospitality. By Micheala Cavallaro
• Books: The heroine of Elizabeth Hand's new novel sees grimness and despair everywhere she turns. by Debra Spark
• Getaway: Castine is the perfect place to commune with Maine's maritime past. By Ken Textor
Events: Art exhibitions, great performances, and country fairs bring a change of color as the season changes.
• Plus: Cycling in Greenville. | Sara Cox's new CD. | Cozy Bunnytail Blankets

A Single Tree September brings thoughts of a stately sugar maple standing alone in a Brunswick meadow. By Janet Galle

Rural Perspective A jokester cameraman captured the strength of Maine's agricultural movement during the 1970s. By Joshua F. Moore

 




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