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Radio
Title
Crime Cycle
Year
2014
In Penobscot County in Maine, the county tries to help the endless cycle of convicted criminals who cannot make payments. Megan Shank highlights the program that the county created to help low-income criminals to pay their fines through community service.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Hooked
Year
2013
At Long Creek Living Center, young individuals who have committed crimes are given a chance to change their lives. Katie Bell documents how knitting and crocheting gives residents an outlet.
Type
Radio
Title
Trespassing and Other Crimes
Year
2006
Briana O'Higgins highlights Jennifer Rubenstein's efforts to raise money to go on a trip to Australia. Rubenstein recounts how she and her family place flamingos in front yards and then asks for donations to remove them.
Type
Radio
Title
On Again, Off Again
Year
2002
Carole Martin discusses the problem of graffiti in Portland, despite the city putting up walls specifically for graffiti. Martin explores why graffiti artists put up art knowing that it will be taken down.
Type
Photography
Title
On Again, Off Again: Graffiti Artists
Year
2002
Worth Stokes captures images of graffiti and graffiti artists in Portland.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Elements of Style
Year
2013
Behind all of the graffiti and tagging in Portland, there is a complex and exclusive subculture. Steven Jackson highlights how the members of this community are artists dedicated to their artform and its governing rules.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Remember me...A Rose
Year
2015
The case of Ashley Ouellette's murder is just one in over 120 unsolved homicides in the state of Maine. Lindsey Kilbridge investigates Ouellette's murder and why no one was ever charged with her murder.
Type
Radio
Title
A Life On Parole
Year
2013
When Donald Perry left prison on parole in 2001, he began a new life for himself, but one situation in 2011 placed him back in prison. Samara Breger documents how Perry's willingness to help someone placed stolen property in his possession, and even after being found not guilty, was denied parole.
Type
Photography
Title
Graf-Town
Year
2009
Claire Harbage captures images of the work that graffiti artists in Portland do, and documents how their close knit community functions.
Type
Radio
Title
Something Beautiful
Year
2008
As a graffiti artist, Rich faces challenges to pursue his love for creating graffiti. Rich speaks about his artform, the legality of graffiti, and how graffiti gives him an outlet to express himself.
Type
Radio
Title
15 Minutes of Shame
Year
2012
Returning to his hometown, Gabe Grabin goes back to Kennebunk following a prostitution scandal. Grabin speaks to members of the community about their reactions and opinions to the news, and how rumors spread about prominent individuals from the town being involved.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Tradewinds: Narratives of New England's Barter Economy
Year
2014
Through personal stories, New Englander's reflect the barter economy of the region. Kelly Prime documents how this system of alternative economics functions in New England.
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