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In Full Bloom

This month, the largest botanical garden in New England blossoms at last on the Boothbay shore.

By Rebecca Martin Evarts

Mutha Goes Muddin'

An ATVirgin hops aboard the most controversial vehicle in Maine.

By Elizabeth Peavey photography by Jeff Scher

The Two Biddefords

Long divided, long distressed, York County's largest city is taking the first steps toward economic and social health.

By Virginia Wright photography by Sara Gray

Maine's Most Industrious Artist

Belfast's Dennis Pinette has won acclaim by painting the industrial and elemental landscapes of Maine.

By Edgar Allen Beem portrait by Benjamin Magro

Off the Deep End

What if you drained the Gulf of Maine? This computer image, created for the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, reveals the intriguing underwater features in one of the richest marine ecosystems in the world.

By Joshua F. Moore

Scrambling Across Portland

Travel with Tom Jewell through the green heart of Maine's largest city.

By Aurelia C. Scott photography by Carl D. Walsh

Editor's Note

By Paul Doiron

Inside Maine

June

Letters to the Editor

Strike Up the Band

I'm tempted to say Monday nights hark back to a simpler time, but that would be wrong.

By Michael Burke

North by East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine

Table of Contents

Pouring Money on the Water

Editorial opinions from across the state

Don't Believe Your Eyes

By Jeff Clark

Bunting from Belfast

No one wanted to miss this steamship's arrival nearly a century ago.

By Joshua F. Moore

Where in Maine

By Photograph by Kevein Shields