As we celebrated the new year’s arrival, another annual event crept in through our doors. That’s right: winter. For some this is exciting, as winter’s
Category: Features
Storyteller of Life: Erin Ovalle’s Journey from Student to Production Company Owner
Erin Ovalle is a woman of many talents. She is mastering the art of being a business owner, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. Her career began
Great Reads for December!
Dear Maine By Morgan Rielly and Reza Jalali, photography by Lilit Danielyan $19.95, softcover, nonfiction Maine is home to many people with many different stories—stories of travel and hardship, love and
Postcard from Holly
Holly Martin, 29, is sailing around the world in her 27-foot-long Grinde sailboat, which she christened the SV Gecko. She left Maine in the fall of 2019, from
From the Coast to the Forest: Meet Sadia Crosby
With little effort and pure driven enthusiasm, Sadia Crosby paddles to her moored boat in Robinhood Cove off Georgetown Island and motors back near shore to offer a lift. That lift gave me
Eva Cushman Has Seen Almost a Century of Life in a Maine Fishing Village
“There was always something on the table. I’m proud of that,” says Eva Cushman, matriarch of the oldest fishing family in Port Clyde, Maine. She
The Making of a Maine Medicine Woman
She may have started swimming competitively at age 6 and breaking state records by 8, but don’t expect Cape Elizabeth native Whitney Rockwell to dwell on the sport
Mandy Sumner: Freediver
Water -whether it be in the ocean or a pool – is Mandy Sumner’s happy place. It’s where she’s accomplished physical goals, learned the importance of safe
Kennebunk Outfitters Fills gap in Outdoor Adventure Retail
“Adventure Awaits.” This is the message that greets outdoor enthusiasts and athletes before they enter Kennebunk Outfitters in lower Kennebunk village. This is also what the store’s owners,
Preserving Women’s Voices: The Maine Women Writers Collection at UNE
In 1959, Westbrook Junior College literature professor Grace A. Dow (1901-1995) had an inspired idea. Long before the rise of formal programs in women’s studies, or the inclusion of more than
