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My Maine Stories
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My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.
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Mark Plummer, golfer from Maine
by Mark Plummer
Amateur golfer from Maine, Mark Plummer discussed his golf career and life lessons
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Dr Michael Guignard: Passion for research & Franco-American root
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A personal journey of life in a Franco-American community with unique insights on adoption
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Passing the time during the Pandemic
by Don V
Building a strip canoe
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A case of mistaken animal identity
by Judy Loeven
The time my neighbor's dog Tyson got away, or so I thought.
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Baxter State Park and Burton W. Howe
by Jason Howe
Formation of Baxter State Park and the involvement of Burton W. Howe of Patten
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Moving from Washington to Maine with the Navy
by Tom Jarvis
Maine's forests, mill history, and volunteer work keep me here
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My Paper Industry career and setting up a museum
by Sherry Judd
I worked in and around the Paper Industry all my life. Now I run Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum.
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One View
by Karen Jelenfy
My life as an artist in Maine.
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Rest Stop in Scarborough, Maine
by Lee Evans
This is about our first visit to Maine in 1998. My wife and I moved here from Maryland in 2007.
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In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
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Becoming Master snowshoe makers
by Edmond and Brian J. Theriault
Making snowshoes has taken us from novices to world-class craftsmen over 40 years time.
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Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.
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Lifelong Lepidopterist
by E. Christopher Livesay
Chris Livesay collects and studies butterflies.
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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
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My Africa Book and living in Portland
by Titi de Baccarat
My art is about being an immigrant in the US, my pain, fear, uncertainty, and hope for my future
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August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small
How the Vietnam war affected my life
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making light
by David Johansen
My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.
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Tracers
by anonymous
tracers, bonding, and fixations
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The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
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Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
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Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
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Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine