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Portland, Maine
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Child Care
Year
1989
Katy Papacosma documents the work that daycares do to assist parents and their children in Brunswick, Maine.
Type
Radio
Title
Spontaneous Hoop: One Women's Passion
Year
2009
As a hula hooper in Portland, Tracy Tingley makes and sells hula hoops. Marian Matthews documents the journey that Tingley started on to get into hula hooping and how it allowed her to leave the stress of her previous life.
Type
Writing
Title
Jude and Revelation
Year
2005
Mandy Morrish documents the life of Jude Norgaard, a preschooler who's parents are divorced. Morrish speaks to Norgaard's parents, highlighting his mothers artwork and her relationship with her girlfriend.
Type
Writing
Title
Two Eggs,Toast, Homefries
Year
2000
Through different owners and changes, Marcy's diner in Portland trys to resdiscover and display a past. Alethea Okonak speaks with the owners of Marcy's to discuss the history and culture of the diner.
Type
Radio
Title
I Have the Day Free
Year
2008
Living on home confinement, one women in Portland is the only person in the state who is serving a prison sentence from home. Natasha Haverty highlights how this women is trying to find her way back into society.
Type
Radio
Title
Just Be Funny and Funny
Year
2005
Dylan Merriam highlights the work of Christine O'Leary, a comedian from Portland. Merriam discusses O'Leary's performances and how her jokes are created from life experiences.
Type
Writing
Title
Good Luck at Life You Big Stupid Loser: An Examination of the Quarter Life Crisis and All of the Other Things That Happen in Your Twenties
Year
2014
After experiencing a quarter life crisis of her own, Belinda Woolfson set off to investigate if others in her generation had similar experiences, and what caused them.
Type
Radio
Title
L.H. Karaoke Lounge
Year
2003
Ben Harvey explores how a Vietnamese couple in Portland opened various businesses that represent their culture, and speaks to patrons at the karaoke lounge about their experiences.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Like Father, Like Son: Dan's More Than a Shoe Repairman
Year
2015
Despite all of the change in Portland, Dan Lentz's shop, Roy's Shoes, has stayed the same. Emma Nobel profiles the work Lentz does as a cobbler.
Type
Radio
Title
Alter Ego
Year
2006
When Keith Dinsmore is not spending time creating wrestling characters for the Portland Professional Wrestling shows, he is helping to raise a son to give him more opportunities than he had himself. Mike Bernstein highlights Dinsmore's desire to make something of his life, and the lives of those around him.
Type
published content
Title
Island View of the World
Year
1974
Coming to Maine from Kansas, Lyman Rutledge is the author of several books on the history of the Isles of Shoals. Timm White documents how someone from Kansas became the biographer for a group of islands in New England.
Type
published content
Title
Jenny, Island Shepherdess
Year
1985
On three islands off the coast of Maine, Jenny Cirone raises sheep. Terri Selfa documents the work Cirone does as a shepherdess and her life.
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