Amazing Mainers: Recent Episodes
LC Van Savage
Have you ever wondered who your neighbors are or what they do? No, not the people who live next door, but all the other people who live in the same state of Maine as you do and who share the state’s unique character and way of way of life. In fact, we are speaking of our fellow citizens who actually define and make up Maine’s culture and activities. Amazing Mainers is a 30 minute program that attempts to acquaint us with these same neighbors we all share in common. The host, LC Van Savage, personally conducts phone interviews with the unique (amazing) Mainers state-wide, who are our neighbors.
CARLENE HILL BYRON is the Director of Development and Communication of the Independence Association of Maine an organization that helps, guides and teaches Maine people with any level of disabilities to live normal, happy and productive lives.
RADU LOAN STOCHITA is from Romania and is now a student at Bowdoin College. He will will graduate in May of 2022and after that the world will certainly begin to know of him. "Stoc" is a champion for all underpaid, neglected and needy people of the world and is determined to fix these problems as much as he is able in his lifetime.
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KAY MANN OF HALLOWELL proves once again that age is just a number. In
her sixties she is pursuing a career inf voice-over work and one of the
ways she's improving on that pursuit is her participation in
TOASTMASTERS. She is finding that belonging to this organization helps
her enormously when it comes to public speaking or performing.
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KATHY WILSON is a well known dog groomer and trainer and horsewoman. She was born in Brunswick and on this show she talks about all the things she's seen changing over her years there. And while she loves to remember the "old days" she's very much in favor in Brunswick's (and Maine's) progress over the years.
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WENDY POOLE of Portland always wanted to be an actress so volunteered to do shows at The Theater Project in Brunswick started by Al Miller. That was many years ago and today she is the Executive Director of the beloved "The Little Theater that Could."
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PHYLLIS BLACKSTONE OF BRUNSWICK MAINE is a well known story teller although she never writes her stories down; she keeps them in her head. At least until now---she has put about 70 of her favorite stories in a book called MY STORIED LIFE and it is a charming, engrossing read.
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DR. ROK ANDRE MORIN a chiropractor in Bath Maine once dreamed about being a veterinarian but due to an injury and his seeing a chiropractor, he fell in love with the discipline. Like many in his trade he had to hear the “quackery” word but ignored it when he realized that people have come a long way from using that label. Because of the talents of professionals like Rok Morin, most people today love to engage chiropractors because they make them feel good. Dr. Rok does that!
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Caron Grich and Alan Schulz met each other at a grief support gathering and there realized there was nowhere widowed/divorced/single/alone adults could gather not to date but to talk, discuss, inspire etc., so they began CONNECTED---and it's working. People from 55 and up are gathering to hear great Maine speakers and they are enjoying it.
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IAN MACKENZIE is a man who can't wait for Mondays to come because he loves his job so much and can't wait to gt back to it. He is a social worker who deals with people who feel helpless and hopeless, society's outcasts, schizophrenics, addicts, people fighting depression, people who feel no one cares. Mackenzie does.
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Ian Mackenzie is a man who could have chosen many paths to follow but instead chose social work---a job he loves and at which is very very gifted. He sees value and good in all people regardless of their circumstances and his “patients” love him dearly for he has showed them that no matter what, THEY MATTER AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT. And so is he.
RECORDED 1/26/21, AIR DATE 12/5/21
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DAVIS ROBINSON, PROFESSOR AT BOWDOIN COLLEGE who also teaches and runs the Celebration Barn in S. Paris, a man who wears many theatrical hats and has a huge theatrical CV and can do it all! We will be doing a second show on this famous teaching place, the Celebration Barn.
Recorded 9/30/21, air date 10/17/21
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DEBBY PORTER OF PORTLAND MAINE got cancer some years ago and realized the need people have for good quality wigs to get them through this tough time, and so she began a non-profit called HAIR MATTERS. While no one can make this period of their lives fun, Debby Porter can make it at least somewhat less stressful by helping with the pain of hair loss.
RECORDED 9/21/21—AIR DATE 10/10/21
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HAD JUST RETIRED FROM BEING A MANAGER WITH NAPA AUTO PARTS when he saw his first Bonsai tree.The feeling he got from seeing that unusual little twisted tree realized eventually into a profitable and money-making hobby/ business.
RECORDED 9/14/21, AIR DATE 1O/3/21
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MARY MARKLEY BORN AND EDUCATED IN ROCKLAND has a ginormous collection of buttons from all over the world, all telling a story, all having a history. It is a huge world-wide hobby with surprises all along the way, with many buttons being surprisingly quite valuable.
RECORDED ON 9/8/21, AIR DATE 9/19/21
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RACHEL CHASTNEY, HAIR DRESSER, OWNER OF MINI MULES AND MULTIPLE OTHER CREATURES, BREEDS AND SELLS HER FABULOUS “CANADIAN” HORSES IN BERWICK MAINE.Canadian horses are a “breed apart” ---feisty, smart, strong, and they require not as much care as “regular” horses. Beautiful, somewhat larger than a pony, they are gaining in popularity when not too long ago they were nearly extinct. They are beginning to be noticed.
RECORDED ON AUGUST 12, 2021 – AIR DATE AUGUST 22, 2021
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CHET MATTHEWS OF BRUNSWICK MAINE PLAYS THE PIPES for the KORA HIGHLANDERS and they stir the soul of everyone who listens. He plays for all sorts of occasions, mostly parades but he and his fellow pipers can be heard all over Maine. And who does not love the sound of THE PIPES!
RECORDED AUG. 5, 2021, AIR DATE AUGUST 15, 2021
PEOPLE STAY IN TINY TEPEES AND YURTS AND LONG HOUSES ALL BUILT FROM NATURAL THINGS IN THE FOREST, ALL SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THEIR “HOWLING WOODS”—COYOTES AND OTHER ANIMALS HOWL DURING THE NIGHT AND THE O’KEEFE’S HAVE MANY DOMESTIC ANIMALS TOO, WHO ANSWER. THIS COUPLE PROVIDES A MAGICAL AND ENCHANTING YEAR-ROUND STAY IN THE WOODS AND MOST DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE
RECORDED AUGUST 2, 2021, AIR DATE AUGUST 8, 2021
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lives on a huge farm in Cape Neddick and raises sells and cares for way too many goats to count. She is known all over the USA and parts of Europe for her perfect, beautiful and healthy goats which she sells everywhere and which are in great demand. Part 1.
RECORDED ON JULY 12, 2021, AIR DATE AUG. 1, 2021
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JOE DONAHUE MAINE LAWYER is also a passionate American Civil War re-enactor with a huge knowledge of that war and that era. So much so, that the show will have to have a part two.
RECORDED ON JUNE 30, 2021, AIR DATE JULY 25, 2021
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She also owns and runs the unique fascinating umbrella cover museum on Peak’s Island and if you think that would be boring and weird, think again. It’s an amazingly fascinating museum!
RECORDED JUNE 29, 2021, AIR DATE JULY 18, 2021
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A man of all seasons as long as the seasons are radio related, Bob Perry is an expert on the air and in the radio—if it’s broken, he is the go-to guy to get it fixed. There is nothing he can’t repair or build or do in the world of radios.
RECORDED JUNE 25, 2021, --- AIR DATE JULY 11, 2021
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No,Steve Huber owns and loves lots of Clydesdale horses, enormously big beautiful gentle giants who do lots more for humans than to pull around the Budweiser wagon in parades. He cares deeply for and about these magnificent animals, and for his kindness to them, they repay him endlessly.
RECORDED JUNE 21, 2021, AIR DATE JULY 4, 2021
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He says he can’t play the piano awfully well and probably doesn’t have perfect pitch but he also says these things do not mean he can’t be a great piano tuner anyway—and he apparently is. Business is good. Pianos are here to stay!
Recorded 6/3/2021
Air Date 6/27/21
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After Mike Hurley saw a “parade” of huge fiberglass animals in Chicago, he had an idea and today he and his company “Fiberglass Farm of Belfast Maine” makes anything from fiberglass of any size and color and sends them everywhere. They are fabulous sculptures to say the least!
Recorded 5/17/2021
Air Date 6/20/2021
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She’d always loved gardens but accidentally fell into the “job” of caring for the Butterfly Park and is now one of the world’s most enthused authorities on the most beautiful creatures on earth—the butterfly!
Recorded 5/6/2021
Air Date 6/14/2021
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This incredibly energetic woman came to People Plus in Brunswick with far more credentials than she needed but her being hired for this job was a perfect fit. People Plus are thrilled with her and Stacy is thrilled to be doing what she is doing, and she’s doing it well.
Recorded 4/19/2021
Air Date 6/7/2021
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Robin has accomplished much and continues to do so. She speaks 4 languages, has been a sheep farmer, cans her own food, she’s authored several books, has been everywhere and is a first-class knitter. This show will be about the ancient and surprisingly interesting history of mittens and how she contributes to that.
Recorded 4/16/2021
Air Date 5/30/2021
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Proud of his French heritage, Denis LeDoux wrote a book concerned with the vanishing of the French in America. It started a successful career of his teaching people how to turn their memories into memoirs.
RECORDED 4/12/21 – AIR DATE 5/23/21
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She has worked at many jobs, all connected with the pursuit of good health for all humans. Understanding the necessity of having good inner nutrition, Michelle began to think about the necessity of good outer nutrition and started making beautiful, healthy soaps, now sold all over the world.
RECORDED 4/5/21 — AIR DATE 5/9/21
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She lives in Arundel and her portraits of members of the animal world are beautiful and compelling. There is not a creature on the planet she won’t immortalize and people from everywhere want her to do paintings of their beloved animal family members.
RECORDED 4/6/21 – AIR DATE 5/16/21
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She’d heard all her adult life that she had a good, clear and listenable voice and so Kay Mann decided in her early 60s to just “go for it!” She’s taken how-to courses and is working hard toward getting hired.
RECORDED 3/31/21 — AIR DATE 5/2/21
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Maine's music man appears everywhere as THE SALT WATER HILLBILLY. Everyone knows Dennis. He has a huge fan base all over Maine. He sings in all genres from cowboy to Opera to Country to ballads to show tunes. He also acts. Tourists love him. Mainers love him too.
Recorded 3/19/21 —Air Date 4/25/21
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A graduate of Parson’s, Karen Twombly had a successful jewelry making business until the costs of gold and silver became too high. She then began making elegant, always shiny, thick, beautifully designed tags for dogsor any pets. Sales are booming!
Recorded 3/17/21 — Air date 4/18/21
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Georgeann’s “paintings” are glorious, fascinating and extremely labor intensive since she makes her works of art from wood, fabric, plants, an endless supply of growing things, and lots and lots of pulp. They are hard to describe but compelling to see and can be viewed at her Widgeon Cove Gallery in Harpswell.
(Recording date: March 12th, 2021)
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This hard-working couple, while holding down full-time jobs, followed an entrepreneurial dream and purchased a company that makes the famous Maine candy, Needhams. They love the work and hope their only job will eventually be to just make the candy and sell it out of small coffee/tea shops around Maine.
(Recording date: March 1st, 2021)
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This very busy couple signed onto the Bowdoin College Host program years ago and have had the best experience of their lives meeting, knowing and helping kids from far away places, seeing them grow and mature and flourish. They have made friends for life and so have those Bowdoin students.
(Recording date: February 26th, 2021)
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Kathy Wilson is known by everyone in Brunswick because of her extensive work with and grooming of people’s dogs (they do listen to her) and because of her unfailingly hard work on the Town Council and because she is out on her bike in all kinds of weather.
(Radio air date: February 28th, 2021)
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Rusty makes the business of auctioneering sound fascinating, fun, engrossing and as if one’s life is lacking something if one hasn’t attended at least one of his fabulous auctions. His knowledge of the value of our stuff is incomparable!
(Radio air date: March 14th, 2021)
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Thisanimal loving, horseback riding, running, intensely busy baker in Manchester can bake and make anything but is famous for her spectacular cupcakes that are in fact cupcake pies and cakes with elaborate artistic toppings. They are fabulous, all from scratch with indescribable flavors.
(Radio Air date: February 14th, 2021)
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The fetching young woman known as KINKY SLIPPERS puts on bawdy, funny, risqué shows that hearken back to the raucous days of Vaudeville and Burlesque. She is great fun, very funny and people all ages, male and female, flock to her shows.
(Radio air date: March 7th, 2021)
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Anyone can aim a camera or a phone and click off a bunch of pictures. Eric Storm is all over Maine from 4 AM on, year ‘round, and photos you’ve seen forever, as photo’d by him, take on a whole new meaning because of how he presents them. Storm’s pictures tell us all haunting, curious stories.
(Recording date: February 21st, 2021)
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Caroline Byrne is a biologist who loves and studies all animals but in particular, bats! She tries hard to dispel the creepy stories about them and works at showing us all how important they are to all of us, especially because our local Maine bats are keen on ridding us of mosquitoes, their favorite food.
(Recording date: December 6th, 2020)
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She had developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, her back ached, other parts of her body were seriously hurting and finally after the fates kept “showing” her info on Tai Chi she took the hint, took some lessons, and immediately felt great. In time she began to learn how to teach, she now has lots of students, and Diane Doiron has never looked back.
(Recording date: December 13th, 2020)
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Jen Marchiani's Wildlife Rehab is located in Auburn and is run almost completely alone by Jen Marchiani who lost her heart to all living things as a child and so today runs her Wildlife Rehab business. Her stories are sad and happy and always challenging. If a damaged creature is curable, Marchiani cures it.
(Recording date: December 20th, 2020)
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Wendy Flynn of Brunswick loves dogs and people too, but she and her husband take in special dogs as part of their first training for Guiding Eyes, an organization that perfectly matches people who have sight disabilities, with fabulously trained, brilliant dogs, usually Labs. These marvelous animals give blind people safe and happy lives.
(Recording date: December 27th, 2020)
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Sarah teaches us that these funny, smart and clean animals make charming, sweet and loving pets. She has placed countless domestic rats into worthy homes and has definitely removed the “eeeuuuw” factor from them.
(Recording date: January 3rd, 2021)
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He started out as a chef and while becoming very good at that became fascinated at the ice sculptures often displayed at the hotels where he was preparing fabulous meals — often sculpting vegetables into beautiful shapes for the diners. Bluck yearned to learn ice sculpting and today is in great demand from New England to DC for his magnificent creations.
(Recording date: September 27th, 2020)
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In spite of great success at ballet, Elizabeth Druker's journey through years of ballet training, and dancing with the most famous dancers and in world-famous dance productions in New York City and elsewhere, showed her that she was not 100% satisfied in doing just that; when she began to teach ballet is when she knew she'd discovered what she really was meant to do in the world of dance. She has taught well over 100 students, loves her job and is sure she will never stop.
(Recording date: September 20th, 2020)
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Jim's story on how he discovered musical instruments and music in wood and stone and glass and other things makes us all wonder why we too can't hear the things we see. His exquisite, weird instruments, sold around the world, are so precise and so beautiful they are often bought as works of art even if the new owner is not musically inclined at all.
(Recording date: September 13th. 2020)
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Phyllis Blackstone of Brunswick, Maine tells us how all our whole life is a story, and the telling of it can tell the world who we are and why and how. She also tells us how she taught school for 43 years using story telling as her strongest tool, and she looks forward to coming back on Amazing Mainers to tell some of her favorite made-up tales.
(Recording date: September 6th, 2020)
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You want to know everything about New England light houses and light houses in general—and I mean everything? Then you want to contact this man—he's written 21 books on the subject, has taken people on tours of all of them and he will work to keep history alive for as long as Jeremy is alive.
(Recording date: August 30th, 2020)
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When young Jim Dill was growing up in Gardiner Maine, he collected every living thing he found in the woods and cared for them in a special room in his childhood home. He grew up to be the go-to guy for all insect problems in Maine and elsewhere, he wears many hats and manages to do all things well, and one of his hats is Maine State Senator.
(Recording date: August 23rd, 2020)
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After a long and successful career teaching, Debbie "retired" and took on the Stanley Steamer Car museum in Kingfield, Maine, where she and her husband teach tourists about the contributions the Stanley twins made to Maine and America - and to show them they Steamer cars they own - and treasure!
(Recording date: August 16th, 2020)
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Lori Crook and BJ Russell live and love in Round Pond, Maine, a place they love, work in and for, know they are happily in the middle of a Norman Rockwell painting. It is a lovely, loving and sweet story, and all the money there is could never get them to leave their beloved Round Pond.
(Recording date: August 9th, 2020)
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Fly Rod Crosby was a champion fly casting woman in the 1880s, who overcame tuberculosis, being 6' tall, and especially being a woman in a man's world. A columnist for Maine papers, she also became Maine's first wilderness guide and most shocking of all she wore skirts that were 8-10 inches shorter than they "should" have been.
(Recording date: August 2nd, 2020)
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Alan Bradstreet of Pownal, Maine demonstrates his ability to take anything he finds or borrows or takes and shows us how to turn it all into entertainment gold, how to convince all his friends to joyfully follow along with him and how he quite obviously is the reincarnation of Dr. Suess, Rube Goldberg and Spike Jones all rolled into one funny, creative, talented, weird and fascinating man.
(Recording date: July 26, 2020)
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Oddly, she'd always dreamed of going to Italy from as far back as she could remember, so when the opportunity came for her to study in Florence, she grabbed it; she was not disappointed in any of the experience, was so enchanted by the architecture, art, and people there that she will go back as soon as she can, maybe won't return anytime soon!
(Recording date: July 19th, 2020)
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Joe Andrew of Harpswell has spent a large portion of his now 94 years teaching and talking about the joys of mathematics, all maths, "even arithmetic!", and is intent on showing everyone there's beauty, discipline, necessity, fun, satisfaction and joy in learning.
(Recording date: July 12th, 2020)
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After having to leave her job as Command Sergeant Major in the US Army because of literally being blown up causing her to permanently lose her hearing and to suffer many other injuries, Gretchen finally meets her Hearing Service Dog "Aura" who becomes her ears, and gives her a whole new feeling about life and living; she became Executive Director of the Dogtopia Foundation, traveling everywhere to raise money for the training and placing of these valuable, important dogs so that wounded vets can have new and better lives.
(Recording date: July 5th, 2020)
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In this first of two shows, Sergeant Evans tells us how she struggled and worked to overcome this horrendous personal loss, how she regained most of her normal life back, is now focused on a very important cause, and how she now considers her situation a great gift.
(Recording date: June 28th, 2020)
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Welner, author of Tragedy in Casco Bay, wrote this book in 2006 when she discovered an old newspaper story about how a pleasure boat named The Don vanished in 1941, drowning all people aboard, most of them good friends, some relatives; they were headed for an all day June lobster bake, no boat remnants were ever found and only a few bodies were discovered from Harpswell all the way to Portland.
(Recording date: June 21st, 2020)
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In Atkinson, Maine, one can have a custom-made canoe made meticulously in the old-fashioned way with canvas and wood, by Rollin Thurlow, a master canoe builder with many years experience; but be prepared to wait for at least 2 years before launching. (Recording date: June 14, 2020)
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There is a largely glowing lavender-colored blur atop a sunny hill above the property owned by artist Ramone Hanley Warren; it is her Lavender Farm and she tells us of the myriad things one can do with this beautiful herb.
(Recording date: June 7th, 2020)
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Dash is just starting out as a farrier, an ancient and vitally important calling, but is already shoeing many horses, more are waiting, he is doing what he loves and is doing it well.
(Recording date: May 31st, 2020)
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Al Hipkins, a man of multiple musical talents, explains to us that being a caller for square dances is not for sissies, is extremely vigorous and involved, and for all the things he has learned to do and teach in the field of music over the years of his working life, Square Dance calling is up there with his favorites.
(Recording date: May 24th, 2020)
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Pam Douglas worked hard all her life in retail, as a waitress and a caretaker of older people, yet her hopes of opening a "necessary" ice cream stand in Harpswell was never far from her dreams, and so she did; a colorful beautiful happy place with fabulous ice cream concoctions, instantly popular and loved by locals and tourists alike.
(Recording date: May 17th, 2020)
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The Nelson Family Project is in place now with a mission of educating as many as possible about the horrors of Lyme Disease by telling their story and working endlessly at getting the word out to every possible place, especially schools. (ONE HOUR SHOW)
(Recording date: May 10th, 2020)
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More than 20 years ago Ryan Wheeler's mother began to sell her pies from a table under an umbrella, all paid for on the honor system which still exists today, although the inventory has expanded to include Whoopie Pies, cookies and jams.
(Recording date: May 3rd, 2020)
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A member of the well known Stanton Bird Club out of Lewiston, Doug Boyd, after retiring from several successful Maine businesses, a couple of which he started himself, followed his dream to become a full time bird watcher and chronicler, a hobby which he pursues with passion, often traveling to very far off places around the blob with hopes of seeing the rarest, best and most beautiful birds.
(Recording date: April 26th, 2020)
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Without being preachy, Barbara Irvin teaches that one can realize one's dream with dogged perseverance and determination, and although she cannot see very well, she can and will succeed as a writer.
(Recording date: April 19th, 2020)
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The energetic Ms. De Lasso joined this rapidly growing, now world-wide group of females, all adorned with red hats, bling and purple outfits, who gather everywhere for the sole purpose of sharing life-long sisterhood, and simply enjoying their lives, and each other to the fullest.
(Recording date: April 19, 2020)
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In the early 1960s Tina Ellsworth, a young curious and ambitious French woman, came to America to learn about it, worked for American families in NY, taught at the Waynflete School in Portland, ran a very successful business in Brunswick and is now a happy and successful realtor in Sabattus.
(Recording date: April 12th, 2020)
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Born to be a park ranger, Christie began at Acadia, traversed lots of the world, other parks, experienced many beautiful adventures and came back to her true love, Acadia, where she has been ever since, this time with her park ranger husband and their two sons.
(Recording date: April 5th, 2020)
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Retired navy officer Jim Bridge of Brunswick spends his retirement years going into Maine woods all year 'round, often in extremely difficult situations, terrains and weather, to rescue lost adults and children, some with disabilities.
(Recording date: March 29th, 2020)
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Completely populated by people with intellectual disabilities, these "artists" as they rightfully call themselves, create beautiful and charming works of art at Spindleworks, all kinds of art, for sale, anywhere in Maine.
(Recording date: March 22nd, 2020)
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This show is about a very young man and his owning and running 3 Maine restaurants serving only comfort food breakfasts and lunches, and his passion, respect and love for the charming 15 stool Princess Diner, built in 1927.
(Recording date: March 15th, 2020)
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This show concentrates on the rescue of lost or stolen dogs and the poignant stories that Judene and other volunteers tell about the reunions between frantic families and their lost dogs found by this very good and important organization.
(Recording date: March 8th, 2020)
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Perkins is a man who fills every minute of his life with a multitude of seriously creative occupations, but this show focuses only on his crazy Ventriloquist pursuits with his huge and funny puppets.
(Recording date: March 1st, 2020)
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Phil Taylor had a bucket list and in it were the words, "Become a firefighter when you retire" so after a full and successful career as a helicopter pilot he decided to train (successfully) as a firefighter at age 61.
(Recording date: February 23, 2020)
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David never met Senator Smith (I did) and yet knows her well because of his closeness to the library and all her memorabilia there, his dedication to keeping her memory alive and to making certain everyone knows of the great Senator and of her everlasting contribution to Maine and the world.
(Recording date: February 16th, 2020)
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This gracious, brilliant lady completely debunks the Hollywood prototype of warty, pointy-hatted ugly screeching women casting spells while roaring about on brooms, teaching you that being a witch is about love, compassion, intelligence and the Golden Rule.
(Recording date: February 9th, 2020)
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Richard and his wife Rita raise the huge flightless birds and explain all they give to anyone wishing to also raise them, from their meat, feathers, skin, oils, and enormous delicious eggs.
(Recording date: February 2nd, 2020)
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This dinosaur savant can look at a tooth from 200 million years ago, the size of a comma, and explain every single detail of the animal's life, including it's size, its young, its food, and if it flew, ran, roared, or squeaked.
(Recording date: January 19, 2020)
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While contributing many valuable and good things to Maine, Catherine has maintained a long and happy business of getting the purest, freshest and best candies to Mainers with her three very busy and beautiful Maine candy shops.
(Recording date: January 12, 2020)
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The ever-popular Dave Chipman worked long, hard and endlessly at a variety of occupations so he could finally build and start the very successful and richly diverse Harpswell TV station, where everybody knows his name.
(Recording date: January 5th, 2020)
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Rick spends many hours scouring the earth and Maine's waterways for treasures that were "junk" found thrown away by people decades ago, so he can rescue them, and from them create stunning and unique art pieces.
(Recording date: December 29th, 2019)
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Julie helps us all to understand paranormal activity when it's encountered, explains why we need not fear the so-called "unknown", and the rolls TV shows, books and movies have played in making us fearful.
(Recording date: December 22nd, 2019)
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After years of hard work and running other shops, Becky Shepherd's dream was to open a successful coffee and pastry shop in Brunswick, Maine, and she did in the Tontine Mall, naming it Wild Oats.
(November 24th, 2019)
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Tim is retired Navy and today his house is filled with beautiful, ancient clocks, more than even he can count, that he lovingly repairs and brings back to life so once again they may be respected, loved and used.
(Recording date: December 15th, 2019)
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Steve has worked hard to learn his trade and is gradually getting hired more and more often to write or act in shows of his own, and other's creations. (Recording date: December 9th, 2019)
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Kim, along with her capable crew, will come into a home and organize, downsize, or empty it completely, while also making sure the owners get paid for the things they sell for them. (Recording date: December 2nd, 2019)
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