We Are The Warriors
For almost sixty years, the profile of a Native American head with braids and a feathered headband identified the Wells High School Warriors. The appropriateness of the image was occasionally questioned throughout the years, but it was generally accepted as a tribute to the town’s indigenous people, the Abenaki.
Drive By Todd
Formed in 2013, when Peyton Clark and Jake Nagy were seniors in high school, Drive By Todd isn’t easily categorized into one genre - it’s more like all of your favorites have blended together into one when listening to this group.
Abundance and Dignity: Food Resources in Maine
Waldo County Bounty (WCB) was founded in 2020, as an emergency campaign. Its founders wanted to alleviate food insecurity in Waldo County, a problem that was exacerbated by the pandemic.
Finding Calm Amid Chaos
How to create intentional spaces at home that prioritize mental wellbeing
Tri for a Cure
Tri for a Cure is an all-women’s sprint triathlon. It was founded in 2008 by Julie Marchese and her friend Abby Bliss; Julie has been our race director and chief motivator since the Tri’s inception.
Wonderful Women
The Tri was something Sarah could do to support her aunt, who passed away—from ovarian cancer—in 2018. “Now, it’s something I do to honor and remember her. I still have all the notes she wrote me when I was doing it when she was alive. It’s something I can feel I can be in control of and show how much I care.”
The State of Knitting
Maine is a hotbed for knitwear designers, led by tradition and a new generation of bold thinkers.
What’s Old is New Again
Saving money by reusing, recycling, swapping, growing, and foraging.
Erin French and The Lost Kitchen, in Freedom
It was a great pleasure to speak with this strong, resourceful woman and to learn more about her remarkable life. Happily married to media executive Michael Dutton, Erin has found a new sense of community, along with new opportunities to share what she loves best: good food that is down to earth and in season—elegant, but not fussy.
Product Evolution
Maine women making a living by creatively transforming used items into fresh merchandise
Finding their Voice: The Factory Women’s “Turn-Out” of 1841
The legacy of Maine’s first textile industry strike
Strout, Again
Elizabeth Strout on how Olive Kitteridge returned unbidden, older and wiser, but still with that “pop” that makes her so unique.
Like Trees in the Sea
Jaclyn Robidoux: Why seaweed is good for the planet, coastal economies, and you
A Five-Year Old’s Favorite Things
I chatted with my precocious five-year-old daughter, Eleanor, to get her perspective on what she loves most about being a kid during spring in Maine.
Farm Raised
The year is 2001. Kenya is 6 years old, Gil is barely 1, and Sage would come along 5 years later. I had just bought a farm in Belgrade Lakes and moved there from Connecticut. As I sat on the granite front step with the big twin maples towering over me while I nursed Gil, I knew this would be home.
A Century of Childhood
From a World War I milk station to a contemporary preschool, Catherine Morrill Day Nursery continues to reflect the needs of the community.
The Last Gift
Hospice caregivers and how a ministry of presence can give us a peaceful, loving end.
World of Words
As a child I loved to write. Short stories, song lyrics, haikus. Writing brought me so much joy. It was a way to better understand myself, and the world around me, and to dream up a world of my own.
I never thought I would stop.
The Gift of (More) Life
What gift is bigger than giving an organ to someone who needs one?
Walk On
Sorrow and grief are nothing new to human beings. Most likely millions of others over the centuries brought their burdens to these age-old structures as I had.