During the winter at Biddeford Pool, one of the few boats in the wharf is the De-Dee-Mae, a lobstering boat. Herb Baum and others document the work Marshall Alexander does a lobsterman during the winter.

We’re saturated with information about what It’s like to be an adult during the pandemic. But what about kiddoes? This a kid’s take on what it means to be alive during COVID-19. Pritha RaySircar takes us into the world of her 10-yr-old nephew. Online learning. Video games. No recess. No soccer practice. Just locked down at home. With his family. And in the end, we’ll hope to learn what it means to be little. In a crisis so large.

We’re saturated with information about what It’s like to be an adult during the pandemic. But what about kiddoes? This a kid’s take on what it means to be alive during COVID-19. Pritha RaySircar takes us into the world of her 10-yr-old nephew. Online learning. Video games. No recess. No soccer practice. Just locked down at home. With his family. And in the end, we’ll hope to learn what it means to be little. In a crisis so large.

For nearly 60 years the Scarborough Downs has been home to southern Maine's horse racing tradition, but it has begun to show its age as modern gambling becomes more popular. Aubrey White speaks to Mike Sweeney, the track's announcer, about lower attendance and how the sport has dwindled from a full time investment to a part time hobby.

The public housing community of Riverton Park serves residents that are mostly refugees from Somalia and Sudan. Ted Hornick explores how the Portland Public Housing Authority and local police are working together to address concerns regarding gang violence within the community, and what they are doing to help the youth in the area.

Facing the potential of closing down due to less funding and low attendance, teenage performers at the Theater Project decided to put on a show to raise money and awareness in the community. Marc LeBourdias documents the work that the performers did to complete their improv show and the importance of the theater for them.

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Mostly white communities retell legends and folklore about Native Americans all over the country - all the time - including in Biddeford, Maine. But these stories about Native Americans are not traditional Native American stories. John Bear Mitchell and Carol Dana are traditional native storytellers from the Penobscot Nation. They talk about storytelling in their communities and why traditional native stories are stories that can only be evoked by a people who have actually lived that history.

We’re saturated with information about what It’s like to be an adult during the pandemic. But what about kiddoes? This a kid’s take on what it means to be alive during COVID-19. Pritha RaySircar takes us into the world of her 10-yr-old nephew. Online learning. Video games. No recess. No soccer practice. Just locked down at home. With his family. And in the end, we’ll hope to learn what it means to be little. In a crisis so large.

Knitting bait bags since the age of ten, Ada Foss has been creating them ever since. Anne Pierter visits Foss to learn how to create the bags and the work that goes into each piece.

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