Scoops

29 Heaven’s 1/8 Acre
By Meg Friel

40 Cycling and the city
By Clif Travers

Snoops

13 From the Editor
“Best Seat in the House”
By Colin W. Sargent

15 Letters

17 Chowder
A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong.

18 Made in Maine

51 fine living
“Buzzing in Place”
By Meg Friel

Culture

23 Homegrown hero: our American Idol, Julia Gagnon
Interview by Clif Travers

63 reading the room
By Clif Travers

67 Get Out

95 Fiction
“On Selfishness”
By Ryan S. Lowell

Shelter

81 Talking Walls
“On Broadway”
By Colin W. Sargent

88 New England Homes & Living

Refresh

77 Hungry Eye
“Bivalve Love”
By Caroyln Wyman

79 Select Area Restaurants

Explore

34 On the Water

56 Mountains, Lakes & Lodges

58 visit the kennebunks

60 explore Freeport