Joan Fortin’s journey from her childhood on a Maine farm to her new role as a family-friendly CEO of one of the state’s top law
Month: September 2019
Natural Resource Managers
In state government under Gov. Janet Mills, Maine’s farmland, forests and wildlife are now in the hands of women leaders. Recently a visitor to Judy
Her Hoop Dreams
As the only female assistant coach in all of NCAA Division I men’s college basketball, Edniesha Curry is a trailblazer at the University of Maine
The Poet Librarian of Franklin County
Poet Julia Bouwsma wanted literary community; at the Kingfield library, she’s created one. On a winter day in late 2014, Julia Bouwsma pulled her car
Bridge Builders
For Maine’s cultural brokers, going to work means helping translate cultural differences for new Mainers and old. When Amal Hassan met the girl from Somalia
Hammering Stereotypes
Women in Maine’s lumber and building materials industry talk family business, gender bias and rolling with f-bombs in a business hardwired for sexism. Virginia Patnode
The Medium is the Message
Peaks Island author Mira Ptacin delves into the history of Maine’s Camp Etna, where women talk to the dead. Mira Ptacin approached her research into
At Work in the Woods
On the Blue Hill Peninsula, Katie McKy tends a woodlot until it bursts with life. I started with a chainsaw class, bought my first chainsaw,
October’s Brightness
It’s time to celebrate the bounty of Maine’s harvest (on the harbor) and put the garden to bed (here’s an idea to do so while
