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Photography
Title
The Mighty Dollar Photographs
Year
2002
In Portland, the Maine Time Dollar Network allows community members to perform various services for each other that is bringing the community closer together. Isabel Foley captures how this network works.
Type
published content
Title
The Mighty Dollar
Year
2004
In Portland, the Maine Time Dollar Network allows community members to perform various services for each other that is bringing the community closer together. Stephanie Congdon explores how this network works and discusses how services are traded.
Type
Writing
Title
The Midway's Invisible Operators
Year
2012
Carnival companies are increasingly turning to temporary foreign workers to staff their industry. Kristin Moe documents how Mexican workers came to start working at the Fryeburg Fair, spending seven months of their year traveling with Smokey's Greater Shows.
Type
published content
Title
The Middle Generation
Year
1983
William Ibelle explores how three generations of Penobscot Indians are searching through their experiences to define what it means to be a Penobscot living in today's work.
Type
Radio
Title
The Memories Station
Year
2021
A story about nostalgia, the connective power of radio, and one beloved oldies DJ - who runs 10 radio stations, all on his own, from his home in Bath.
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Lucky One
Year
2014
As a survivor of the genocide in Darfur, El Fadel discusses the importance of sharing one's story. Kelsie Bohl documents El Fadel's story and the experience he had in Darfur.
Type
Radio
Title
The Lone Grangers
Year
2013
In West Bath, a small group is dedicated to revitalize West Bath Seaside Grange into an organization that serves everyone and focuses on community service. Leslie Chang documents the work the Smith family has done for the grange, and how it still holds traditions from the 1800s.
Type
Writing
Title
The Learning Curve
Year
2008
At Piper Shores retirement community in Scarborough, Maine, some seniors choose to spend their leisure time in intellectual pursuits. Rachel Hurn speaks to residents at Piper Shores to understand the educational opportunities that are offered to senior citizens within the community.
Type
Radio
Title
The Laughing Table
Year
2013
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.
Type
Radio
Title
The Last Word
Year
2012
A language spoken for 9000 years, the Passamaquoddy Tribe is in danger of losing their language forever. Gabe Grabin explores how an ancient language is at risk of being lost, and the efforts that elders of the Tribe are doing to prevent the disappearance.
Type
Radio
Title
The Last Bridge
Year
2010
The nation's last sardine cannery closed this spring in Gouldsboro Maine. As Gouldsboro prepared to join the long list of former cannery towns, one man saw his community at risk of losing not only jobs, but the last link to a natural resource that belongs to the people of Maine. In the months leading up to the closure, J Holt followed the story.
Type
Photography
Title
The Last American Sardine Company
Year
2010
The sardine packing industry supported the town of Gouldsboro for nearly 135 years, until the packing plant was closed down. Madelein Pryor captures how the closure of the sardine packing plant directly impacts the town, as well as other seafood industries in Maine.
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