Along the proposed route of the East-West Highway, owners of businesses and community members have varying opinions about the impact of the highway. Alice Quinlan investigates how the highway could cause changes in these communities and on the economy for small towns and farmers.

An as herbalist and medicine maker in Belfast, August Sender provides tinctures and salves to free medicine clinics around the country. Alice Quinlan provides a profile on Sender's work.

Along the proposed route of the East-West Highway, owners of businesses and community members have varying opinions about the impact of the highway. Alice Quinlan investigates how the highway could cause changes in these communities and on the economy for small towns.

For two friends seeking adventure, Corinne Boet-Whitaker and Ross Young decided to take a boat up to Sargeant Mountain Pond to do something nothing has done before. Alice Quinlan highlights the journey that these two friends went on to get their sea kayak to the pond, and making their mark in history for fun.

After 40 years as a public health nurse, Alice Gibson shares her experiences. Ruth Kadra speaks to Gibson about working in public health and being involved in Kennebunk.

Alice Loesch recounts the experience of having an alcoholic husband. Loesch speaks about getting divorced, finding liberation in her life, and meeting a new man in old age.

Charles and Alice Archambault discuss the loss of their home in Maine, due to a high tide at Camp Ellis.

At the Osher Inn in Portland, female residents gather weekly to socialize and share stories. Mary Wesley speaks to Patricia Quinlan about the community at the Osher Inn, and living with others in old age.

Living life on the water, Karl Brunner is very close to his boat. Richard Forbes profiles Brunner's life as a sailor.

Prior to the launch of Ralph Stanley's classic Friendship Sloop, Endeavor, there was much to accomplish that morning. Dorothy O'Keefe documents the work that the crewmembers had to do to prepare the ship for sailing.

Carolyn Mix documents the lives of Terry, Lib, and Nick who are redefining the meaning of the traditional family unit. As a lesbian family living in suburban Portland, they build their own unique structure to define what a family is for them and the traditions they hold.

In Maine, souring clock faces are part of a still living tradition of public clocks. Robert Warner documents how these clocks are still in use by communities.