Features
Does settling in Maine mean giving up the prospect of a high-powered career? By Michaela Cavallaro
Not everyone wants to punch a time clock or work in an office. Looking for jobs off the beaten path, Charlotte Albright did some alphabetical investigation.
After a period of flat sales and marketing missteps, L.L. Bean is riding high again. It owes its success to recapturing the mystique of Maine. By Cynthia Anderson
For two decades, Lu Bauer has instructed Mainers in a holistic approach to money management. Interview by Jeff Clark
Rod Mitchell, of Browne Trading in Portland, has built a seafood empire that is as far reaching as it is unlikely. By Michael S. Sanders
Seven emergency cures for Maine's economic ills. By Jeff Clark

Departments
By Paul Doiron
This isn't your grandfather's Maine farm. Can you guess its location? Photography by Dean Abramson
Ah, shucks! Keeping lobster in Maine. | A hairdresser with no repeat clients. | A new preserve protects Phippsburg. | Meet Cumberland's Doctor Doolittle. | The fast and the very foolish. | CSI: St. Croix Island.
Challenging times put the soul of community banking to the test. By Joshua F. Moore
Judgment day at Maine's polls. | The state's commonsense business development for Cabela's. | Brookings Institution is charting Maine's future. | Good news on health plans.
Amato's in Portland hopes to bring Italians and whoopie pies to the masses. By Scott Sutherland
Lincolnville novelist Elizabeth Hand takes a creative approach to earning a living. By Michaela Cavallaro
Getaway Factory tours provide an inside look at some of Maine's best-known companies. By Michaela Cavallaro
Events A little theater, a bit more music, and plenty of dancing fill out January.
Plus: A colorful calendar. | Cookies that will make you go "Ah." | Skijoring with your pooch.
I wanted something in front of my house besides that awful birdfeeder my wife put up. BY Al Diamon
Two young nurses helped bring a smile to the Queen City's patients during the 1920s. By Joshua F. Moore