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Down East February 2012

February 2012

The table of contents from the February 2012 issue of Down East.

Features

Queen of Yarns

Pam Allen’s Quince and Co. makes Maine yarn of world-class caliber.

 

Snow Day

Cozy. Cold. Frantic. Magical. Six writers share their personal memories of a Maine winter’s day.

 

Man on the Gallows

Portland’s Nathaniel Gordon was the only person in the United States to be executed for slave trading.

 

All the Town’s a Stage

A renovated opera house has brought life —and laughs —to the remote fishing village of Stonington.

  • By: Kim Ridley
  • Photography by: Benjamin Magro
 

Some Like it Hot

Maine is a hotbed of hot sauce lovers — and makers.

  • By: Virginia M. Wright
  • Photography by: Benjamin Magro
 

Frozen in Time

Lost Valley, a low-key ski slope in Auburn, has taught generations of Mainers to love the cold.

  • By: Will Bleakley
  • Photography by: Mark Fleming
 

Departments

Winter’s Symphony

In Maine, storms make a music that rivals the classical masters.

  • By: Ken Textor
 

Editor’s Note

L.L. Bean blazed a path for all of us to follow.

  • By: Paul Doiron
 

North by East

The Downeaster is like a skinny Maine town on wheels, balmy Bangor gets worldwide attention, and more.

 

Alpine App

Sugarloaf Ski Resort’s free app for your smartphone.

 

From Maine to Madison

A nineteenth-century marketing maven pitches the essence of Maine to the Big Apple.

  • By: Ellen MacDonald Ward
 

Where in Maine?

Photograph by Susan Cole Kelly.

 

Letters to the Editor

Read what our readers have to say about Maine.

 

Out in the Cold

The politics of low-income heating assistance.

  • By: Edgar Allen Beem
 

Cho Sun Shines

Authentic Korean food is faintly familiar and wonderfully foreign at this restaurant in Bethel.

  • By: Monica Wood