Features
How to Win at High-Stakes Bingo
Like everyone else, I’d heard about the $25,000 jackpots on Indian Island. Why couldn’t I be a winner, I asked myself. Image subjects: inside Sockalexis Bingo Palace player with multiple bingo cards women with cash from bingo winnings souvenir of Indian women inside Sockalexis Bingo Palace – Bingo caller
- By: Galen Winter
- and Elizabeth Peavey
- Photography by: Michele Stapleton
Most Famous Smile In New England
For almost forty years Marty Engstrom has broadcast the weather conditions from atop Mount Washington – and concluded each report with a grin that is as unforgettable as it is genuine. Image subjects: Marty Engstrom at work Marty Engstrom at work Location: Mount Washington, Fryeburg, Mt. Washington
- By: Jonathan Van Fleet
- Photography by: Daryn Slover
Sledding the Moosehead Trail
This 160-mile loop is one of the most exciting – and least known – new wrinkles in the North Woods. Image subjects: snowmobiling on the Moosehead Trail with view of lake through trees snowmobiling on Moosehead Trail feeding deer snowmobilers outside the inn eating a meal at restaurant Location: Moosehead
- By: Frank Andrews
- Photography by: Michele Stapleton
Departments
Yankee Practicality
A tie in the Maine Senate inspires some common sense.
Are Any Broad Arrows Still Around?
Not a single Broad Arrow tree remains.
- By: Charles Fergus
Street Art
A refurbished Eastland may sport a new mural.
- By: Bruce Buck
Salty Solution
Sand is disappearing from Maine’s winter roads.
How Religious Are We?
Not very, if numbers matter; but ironically some churches still hold sway in the state. Image subjects: rows of church pews
- By: Roger Sanger
- Steve Helsley
- and Jeff Clark
- Photography by: Brian Vanden Brink
Martha’s Maine Ornaments
Thanks for the humorous salute to Martha Stewart.
- By: Dave Crehore
- and Lynn Wessel
Old Friend
The official title is Farmers’ Almanac. The “Old Farmers’ Almanac” is entirely different.
- By: John Ian Gregson
- and Sondra M. Duncan
Briefly Noted
Books reviewed include: “Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate”. “A Certain Slant of Light” by Cynthia Thayer, “I Was Content and Not Content: The Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry” by Alica Rouveral and “The Boat that Wouldn’t Sink” by Clinton Trowbridge.
- By: Carol Brown
- and Paul Doiron
Mainers of the 1870s
Sarah Orne Jewett’s “Deephaven” introduces us to the kind of characters she once actually knew.
- By: Michael McIntosh
- and Richard Grant
Referendum Junkie
Sun Journal: Jonathan Carter will fail again to get his ideas to referendum.
- By: Tom Huggler
Sandals Forever
Order your custom-made sandals now so you’ll have them in time for spring.
- By: Gary Hubbell
- and Andrew Vietze
Journalism’s Loss
Bangor Daily News: Journalism lost one of its last independent-minded editors when James Russel Wiggins died.
Brunswick’s Best Eats?
An exotic pizzeria in Brunswick. Location: Brunswick
- By: Andrew Vietze
Free Battery
This jeweler will give you a free watch battery if you will make a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation.
- By: Bill Diers
- and Andrew Vietze
Prescription Drug War
Portland Press Herald: Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire band together to buy prescription drugs at lower prices.
Cold Comfort
I couldn’t have been prouder of the fishing shack Dorothy and I built – until tragedy struck.
- By: Paul Marin
Let Them Eat Cake?
Bakeries the length and breadth of Maine will cook you up a cake for the big day. Location: Rockport, Bangor, Saco, Lewiston
- By: Tom Roster
Ultimate Cakes
The confections that come out of Owen Dyer’s kitchen in York can almost steal the show at a wedding. Location: York
- By: Steven Dodd Hughes
- and Virginia L. Woodwell
- Photography by: Amazeen
Essential Details
Everything you need to know to plan your Maine wedding. Image subjects: bride and groom walking down aisle groom with lobster bridal boutique wedding party outdoors along the coast bride and groom pose on rock shoreline. bride and groom pose under tree
- By: Ralph P. Stuart
- Photography by: Michele Stapleton
- Catherine Crockett
- and Benjamin Magro
Oxford House Inn
Excellent food and genuine hospitality have turned this Fryeburg inn into a landmark. Image subjects: John and Phyllis Morris at table at the Oxford House Inn Location: Fryeburg
- By: Virginia Wright
- Photography by: Randy Ury
Bridal Shops
Stores for Maine brides abound across the state. Image subjects: view of sea out of window
- Photography by: J. Felice Boucher
February Highlights
Performances and festivals fill the midwinter schedule.