In Portland, the sea urchin industry represents an opportunity for individuals of all backgrounds to have a job working on the waterfront. Joan Amory explores how lucrative this business is for individuals in Portland.

There was a time when Maine was marketed as a landscape for escape, known as vacationland. Brett Jenks explores how Maine is now marketed as "The Way Life Should Be."
Volume X, Issue 39, 1990

Project on the perceptions of Northern and Southern Maine, as seen by individuals who live on the opposite half.

Within the Salt building at the mouth of the Kennebec River, a variety of youth training programs are held. Sheryl Lane highlights the work that the Salt Coast Youth Program does with boat building, farming, and media arts.
Volume IV, Issue 2, 1978

Struggling to get by year by year, the Bubier family in Washington County piece together a year of income from seasonal work. Mark Childs documents how the Bubier family survives in rural Maine.
Volume IX, Issue 34, 1988

As Portland becomes more suburban, Peaks Island has experienced waves of change. Harry Brown documents how the community of people have little in common except the ferry commute they make and their liking for Peaks Island.
Volume IX, Issue 36, 1989

Cultural memory is important to retain through generations because it holds the history of a culture and of a people. Carol Miles discusses how for the Passamaquoddy, a group of individuals are working on regenerating their heritage from oral histories passed down to them.

While growth or decline may affect a community, the local residents remember the history of a community. Kim Wutkiewicz captures images of Belfast.

Cultural memory is important to retain through generations because it holds the history of a culture and of a people. Patrick Winkelman captures how the Passamaquoddy are working on regenerating their heritage.

Carrying a tradition of black storytellers, Samuel James is trying to expend the genre of Blues music called songsterism. James speaks about growing up as the only black kid in his town in Biddeford, getting into music, and using his experiences to write new songs instead of covers.