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Writing
Title
Ride This Train
Year
2003
Brendan Hughes focuses on the lives of train conductors as they go about their daily routines, as they discuss their experiences conducting trains.
Type
Writing
Title
The Rose Lady
Year
1994
Jean Cheney discusses the gardening experience and the cultivation of roses.
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.
Type
Writing
Title
The Culture of Things: An Iranian Family in Maine
Year
2002
Jones Franzel highlights the lives of Iranians who escaped Iran because they practice Baha'ism. Franzel discusses how Iranians who practiced Baha'ism lived as a persecuted minority in Iran and how coming to the United States offered them opportunities to live their lives.
Type
Writing
Title
Breaking Trail: A Musher Comes Home
Year
2005
Lila Dobbs highlights the life of Polly Mahoney, owner of Mahoosuc Guide Service in Newry. Dobbs covers Mahoney's early life, the start of her business, and dogs sledding.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Courts of Belonging
Year
2023
Kennedy Park‘s street soccer courts are at the heart of Maine’s most diverse neighborhood. “Courts of Belonging” explores how the rising popularity in soccer together with grassroots initiatives like Kennedy Park Football Club have created diverse communities and a sense of belonging for new immigrants in Portland, Maine.
Type
Writing
Title
Hunting
Year
2009
At the Kenniston Hill Inn in Boothbay Harbor, people are afraid to stay in bedroom number five, the Nicole Room, a room that has been investigated by the Maine Ghost Hunters. Caitlin McDonnell speaks to these paranormal investigators about their beliefs in the paranormal and the practices they follow in the field.
Type
Writing
Title
Breast Cancer Support Group
Year
1997
Through a common threat in the form of cancer, several women meet at St. Bartholemew's Church in Yarmouth to share their stories and struggles regarding breast cancer. Gabrielle Hall speaks to women who attend this support group to learn about their stories.
Type
published content
Title
I Don't Feel Color
Year
1982
As one of the best known men in Old Orchard Beach, Clarence Roberts is a city council member who represents a white constituency as a black man. Roger Champagne documents how Roberts does not let the color of his skin hold him back from being involved in the community.
Type
published content
Title
Community Bands
Year
1994
Margot Downs highlights the stories and activities of serveral community bands, speaking with band members and the community.
Type
Writing
Title
A Closer View of Reiche School
Year
1998
Schools that offer ESL programs are able to support members of varying communities in significant ways. Patricia Zalamea discusses how the Reiche School ESL Program assists with the academic, language, and social emotional growth and development for students at the school.
Type
Writing
Title
Amerasians Summer
Year
1994
Laurel Cox discusses the experience and struggles of the Amerasian community, as experienced in Vietnam in the United States.
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