The Last Great Place
by John Harrigan
One of Coos County’s most recognized writers, John Harrigan postulates a land ethic for the North Country and traces how attitudes have changed over time in the region.   According to Harrigan, the far north contains "a jumbled geography of mountains, valleys and ridges, more than 90 percent woods and water, peopled by relatively few individuals, mostly unposted and open to all. It’s a land of post- glacial peoples and later-age Abenaki, a place of hard-won settlements, the hey-day of farming and the sounds of axe, crosscut and chainsaw."Read Story

The Man Who Wrote the Book by Edie Clark
Yankee Magazine columnist Edie Clark has written an evocative portrait of Robert Pike, the author of two North Country classics, Tall Trees, Tough Men and Spiked Boots. Crisscrossing the Connecticut River with Pike at the wheel, Clark ponders the remarkable double life of this legendary figure, and reflects on the river-driving stories that so inspired him. Read Story

It Felt Like Death
by Rebecca Rule
Humorist Rebecca Rule spent forty days in Berlin collecting stories about the closing of the paper mills in the spring of 2007. In this poignant essay she captures the sense of mourning mill workers felt at the time, and describes in vivid detail the changes taking place in the North Country’s largest city. Read Story

Three Grand Schemes
by Barbara Tetreault
North Country journalist Barbara Tetreault reflects on the tensions between economic development and preserving natural resources above the notches by focusing on three major controversies—the Presidential Skyline Drive, the Pontook Dam, and the Phillips Brook wind farm. Read Story

Saranac Gloves
by Fran Lavoie
Historian Fran Lavoie relies on the oral histories of local laborers to trace the history and significance of the Saranac Glove Company, which in 1900 employed 275 workers in Littleton. Read Story