In order to get the latest gossip about what is going on around Munjoy Hill, people go to Renee's Variety Store in Portland. John G. Dale and Bonnie Bragdon travel to Renee's to get the latest news.

Growing up in a home filled with abuse, Ernest ran away with the traveling carnivals. Emily Forman documents the trauma Ernest experienced as a child, how today it still impacts his life as an adult, and using country music as an outlet.

Carnival companies are increasingly turning to temporary foreign workers to staff their industry. Kristin Moe documents how Mexican workers came to start working at the Fryeburg Fair, spending seven months of their year traveling with Smokey's Greater Shows.

Having travelled to Trinidad and Tobago growing up, Nigel Chase developed a love for Calypso and steel drum music. Alexandra Brahler captures Chase's entry into steel drum music, and performing in his small coastal community of Brooksville.

The Raymond Hill Baptist only holds its services during the summer season, and many of the congregation members travel from in and out of state to attempt service. Frederica Lipmann documents the events surrounding arson attacks on the church, and how the church community reacted.

Transgressing the boundaries of the living and dying on a daily basis, Alison Milne and Michael Schooley travel hundreds of miles around Maine to offer hospice care. Rachel James documents the work that Milne and Schooley do as hospice caretakers and having to make their own boundaries less permeable.

Maine doesn’t have a strong public transportation system. It’s a rural state; there are more people here than cars; and the state’s funding levels for public transit are low. In 2019, most states invest five dollars per person to fund public transit, while Maine spends eighty-six cents. Producer Carly Peruccio travels from Portland to northern Maine on the bus, and she meets people along the way who rely on public transit to navigate throughout the state. How does the system serve them, and how is it failing them?

In an effort to fight against a trend of dental work being done in hospital emergency rooms, Susanne LaVallee uses her mobile clinic for oral health education and prevenative care. Maura Ewing highlights the work that LaVallee does for rural and low-income areas of Maine with her team of dental hygenists.

When the first elephant came to Maine, she was a wonder. People had never seen an elephant before. It was the early 1800s, and America was a new country, sorting out its morals. So when she was shot and killed in Alfred, ME, the outrage over her death revealed a lot about our young country.

Dr. Jay Traver was a successful entomologist working at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In the 1940’s, she started to feel insects crawling on her skin. Despite all her expertise, she couldn’t find a solution for her discomfort. PLEASE NOTE: This piece contains a mention of suicide,