Flora and fauna “from away,” the no-impact lobster trap, this sporting life, and gleanings from the state’s newspapers.

Letters to the Editor, Issue 111

The Power of the Maine Myth

Hardships can bring out new and previously unimagined beauty.

A closed cannery, a shameless parade in Portland, a thrash to windward at 16 knots in 8 knots of wind, and an artificial reef for the recently departed.

Letters to the Editor, Issue 110

Living Life by the Sea