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Alexander, Lou
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Title
River Driving: The Lure of the Drive
Year
1980
Salt seeks to understand what draws men to the river driving business.
Type
published content
Title
River Driving: The End of an Era
Year
1980
Salt explores what the end of river driving means for those who have made it their entire life.
Type
published content
Title
River Driving: The Men
Year
1980
Salt looks into the lives of the men who work as river drivers.
Type
published content
Title
River Driving: Drivin' a Stick
Year
1980
Bob Viles and Gerry Bigelow speak to Salt students about their work on the river.
Type
published content
Title
Country Eastern
Year
2000
Although country music generally finds more popularity in the south, the country music scene in Maine has a large following. From radio to organizations, Elyssa East looks at how country music plays a role in certain communities of Maine.
Type
Writing
Title
Good Boy
Year
2001
Finding ways for prison inmates to give back to society while incarcerated is a difficult task, but the Pups in Prison Program at the Downeast Correctional Institute does just that. Lynnette Harper explores how the program allows inmates to train service dogs while they serve their prison sentence.
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published content
Title
From Japan's Snow Country to Maine
Year
1984
As the only Asian immigrant in Livermore Falls, Suzuko Hiraoka Laplante had to learn a lot of new things on her own. Clea French documents how Suzuko had to overcome personal tragedy to make Maine her home.
Type
Writing
Title
Uphill Either Way
Year
2002
At the bottom of Sebasticook Valley lies the town of Dexter, a town that has seen the lose of a large number of jobs. Carrie Kilman investigates how the lose of shoe production jobs in Dexter has affected the livelihoods of its residents and the community.
Type
published content
Title
Donna and Clyde: Partners in the Woods
Year
1995
Living in a trailer in the Maine woods, Donna and Clyde Brown are loggers. Christopher Dardaris documents their lives in the woods.
Type
Photography
Title
Loggers: Husband and Wife
Year
1992
Living in a trailer in the Maine woods, Donna and Clyde Brown are loggers. Christopher Dardaris documents their lives in the woods.
Type
Writing
Title
Not a Man's Town
Year
1992
As women begin to enter into the blue collar working world in larger numbers, the old idea of women staying at home to raise a family is fading away. Valerie Coffin documents the lives of several women who work tough industry jobs and still raise their families, all playing vital roles in everyday life.
Type
Writing
Title
Let Bygones Be: How the Oulton Dairy Farm Became a Golf Course
Year
2007
For almost 60 years, the Oulton family owned over 100 acres of land that they used for their dairy farm. Sarah Earle speaks to Frank Oulton about working the land and how the property was sold to the Falmouth Country Club.
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