Down East Magazine, June 2017

Features Among the Puffins From windswept islands in a warming Gulf of Maine, one photographer documents the state’s puffin colonies in intimate, dazzling detail. Photos by Derrick Z. Jackson Big Al’s Is Huge!!! You’ve seen the ads. You’ve seen the suspenders. Now get to know the discount king of Route 1. By Ron Currie Queen of the Kennebec Maine whitewater pioneer Suzie Hockmeyer has had a pretty wild ride. By Virginia M. Wright The Case of Maine’s Many Mysteries We live in one of the country’s least homicidal, most neighborly states. So why all the crime fiction? By Jaed CoffinEllison Departments Where in Maine? Connect The Mail North by East Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine Down East Dispatches News You May Have Missed Mr. Lighthouse Meet a Modern-Day Keeper Festival for the Birds Everybody’s Flocking to Acadia Psych Out Rockport’s Freaky Mind Lab Dooryard Living the Maine Life Home Historically Simple in Perry Making It in Maine Heiwa Tofu Recipe Cherry Clafoutis Room With a View Guide Food, Drink, Arts, and Culture in Maine Dining Rockport’s 18 Central Events Lady Lamb’s Living-Room Tour Music Lula Wiles Comes Home Theater PortFringe Picks On the cover: Atlantic puffin on Eastern Egg Rock, by Derrick Z. Jackson