Sept/Oct 2025
Ciao, Archer
An Italian water dog stands watch
Diana Roper McDowell’s Geometric Inventions
Working in watercolor, Lamoine-based artist Diana Roper McDowell blends the abstract and the real.
Maine I Love — David Gillespie
A cruise to Port Clyde
Rat Rods of Spruce Head
A self-professed midcoast gearhead loves tearing up the roads with his rat rods.
Sandhill Cranes Flock to Maine
Majestic sandhill cranes are appearing in increasing numbers in central Maine locations such as Smithfield and Norridgewock each fall.
Sizing Up Small Boats
A Rockport couple creates 3D imagery to document vessels and assess how boats were built.
Some Boat!
Brooklin Boat Yard’s Ripsnorter is a workboat with some giddy-up-and-go
Stewart Workman’s Alice Frances is the Pick of the Litter
A veteran Lamoine boatbuilder and lobsterman chooses a Calvin Beal 36 for himself.
To Islands, and those who get us there
An island lover reflects on the lure of offshore living and the vessels and captains that make it possible.
A Boatbuilder’s Start, A Friendship Launched
A Maine boatbuilder’s daughter recalls how her father finished off a boat and launched a lifelong friendship between two families.
Ah, Boats
A longer-than-anticipated installation process of new radar equipment
Buoys, Floating Camps, E-boats & Elvers
Josephine Davis Townsend’s Postcards from Monhegan
Josephine Davis Townsend’s real photo postcards captured life on Monhegan Island in the 1930s.
Potato Digging at Van Buren, Maine
Harvesting an agriculture mainstay
Surry: A Quiet Charmer
A town hidden away on the northeastern edge of Blue Hill Peninsula.
The Seed Sowers of Three Bird Farm
Ducks, seedlings, and peppers abound just steps from downtown Rockland.
