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Writing
Title
The Final Bell
Year
2000
Tyler Redmond discusses the lives of student athletes from Maine Central Institute and how basketball plays an important role at the school. Redmond speaks with students about their experiences growing up and the game of basketball.
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
Writing
Title
What Are Cows For
Year
1994
Tim Hughes investigates the controversy over rBST and discusses how cattle farming in Maine plays a role in the dialogue regarding the bovine growth hormone.
Type
published content
Title
Yankee Wit
Year
1976
Kevin Harnden visits Monty Washburn to hear some of his stories about Maine. Washburn shares some stories showing his humor and wit.
Type
Writing
Title
A Final Touch: One Man Makes A Difference Through the Simple Use of Paper and Pen
Year
2010
Cassidy Duckett documents a unique hobby of Tom Heiss, a resident of Winthrop, who writes anonymous postcards to people across the world to talk about Maine. Duckett highlights how people who receive the postcards feel after reading them.
Type
Photography
Title
For Baron, It's All a Big Game
Year
2009
Cheryl Rau documents the work that Officer Kevin Webster and his K-9 partner Baron do in South Portland searching places and people for illegal drugs.
Type
Writing
Title
A Good Day in Prison
Year
2002
Within the Education Department of the Maine State Prison, inmates are offered an opportunity to join a program geared towards giving inmates a way to prepare in rejoin public society. Hilary Niles discusses the Pre-Release Exit Program and the experiences of inmates within the prison.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Quality of Community: Open Bench Project
Year
2015
Founded by Jake Ryan, the Open Bench Project in Portland is a shared makerspace. Julia Whyel profiles how the makerspace is open to all community members as a tool and resource library to cultivate skill building.
Type
Radio
Title
Mainer than Ficition
Year
2014
In Maine, there are stage storytellers who keep stories about the state alive, in part due to state pride. Tim Peterson documents the work that storytellers do to recount stories about Maine, and speaks about the different themes that present themselves in the stories.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Lolita in Maine
Year
2013
Alesha Leach wears clothing designs that are in sync with Lolita, a Japanese fashion. Margaret Rawson profiles how Leach expresses her femininity and confidence through her fashion tastes.
Type
Photography
Title
Cold Water
Year
2005
Speaking about Darfur nearly all of the time, Hassan Cober, a journalist born in Darfur came to Portland with his family because of the Sudanese people safe in America. Hannah Fox captures the life of Cober.
Type
Writing
Title
Jack and Joy Went Up The Hill
Year
2014
A taxi driver in Portland, Jack Cole is a practitioner of the alternative healing technique known as Reiki. Emily Qualey discusses the journey that Cole has been on with his spiritual practice, and how Cole shares his beliefs with those who ride in his cab.
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