Features
North By East
Opinions and musings on free parking in Ogunquit, relocating lobsters in Casco Bay, and a benign incursion of Big Brother in Camden.
The Battle of Biddeford Pool
Even as gentle sea breezes whisper through the summer houses of this tiny community, residents debate whether they should take another stab at officially separating from Biddeford. By Paul Mann.
Paddling the Allagash, at Last
Like many a Mainer, I’d never canoed the fabled river, and neither had my fourteen-year-old daughter. We were both surprised at what we found. By Edgar Allen Beem.
The Stotesburys’ Bar Harbor Folly
Ned and Eva Stotesbury once had it all — a summer cottage with eighty rooms, an ocean view, and a fortune in art and antiques. Eighteen years later it was all gone. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.
The Lord and Nellie
Credit for one of the most delightful gardens in Maine goes to an indomitable duo who’ve worked together for years. By Jane Lamb.
Where Do Seagull Babies Come From?
Ever wonder why you’ve never seen a seagull chick. There’s a good reason. By Powell Boyer.
Tough Questions and Bad Hats
As Washington reporter for the Portland Press Herald, May Craig had an unflappable style that was well-known to everyone from Franklin Roosevelt to Fidel Castro. By Henry Lofton.
The Back of Beyond
One of the most stunning sights in Baxter State Park, Davis Pond is seen by only a few hundred hikers every year — for some monumental reasons. Photographs by Robert Villani.
Wagons Ho!
A standard sight of summer in Maine since the early fifties has been a parade of giant silver Airstreams rolling up Route l, but don’t look for them en masse this year.
One Happy Beachcomber
Mimi Gregoire Carpenter knows just which Maine beaches to visit to find the tidal treasures she turns into meticulous paintings. By Elizabeth Peavey.
A Whole New World
Motorists on I-95 south of Freeport can be excused if they think they see the whole world passing before their eyes. Photograph by Jeffrey Stevensen.
Shipshape House
A Victorian manse in Bath seems to be transforming into a sailing ship in this unusual vintage photograph. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.
Departments
Room With A View
Weathermen and weatherwomen are busy people; they are paid to get us through the day as best they can. Accuracy is almost irrelevant. By Caskie Stinnett.
The TaIk of Maine
Clearing the Smoke
The Maine Viewpoint
Selling the North Woods
Inside Maine
Cottage Life
Dining Down East
Lobsterman’s Wharf
Down East Bookshelf
The Man from Prosperity
Along the Waterfront
Chasing Whales
I Remember
Of Gardening and Gout
Cover: Biddeford Pool, Maine, by Jeffrey Stevensen.