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From Zambia to Portland with Samuel Mulunda
No full textA brief profile of Samuel Mulunda, a nurse at Maine Medical Center. Mulunda grew up in Zambia and, after high school, volunteered at a health clinic in a refugee camp. This experience sparked his desire for a career in medicine. He moved to Maine in 2019 and attended nursing school at SMCC, where he was the only Black, immigrant, African man in the program
Born in DRC, Raised in Angola, Ricardo Antonio Aims Big
No full textBrief profile of Maine high school student Ricardo Antonio, who wants to break into professional modeling. He knows he will likely have to leave Maine to succeed in this field
Thirty Years On, Genocide Survivors Share Stories at Bates
No full textThe Bates College French and Francophone Studies Department hosted a conference in Lewiston in March called Rwanda 30 Years After: Trauma Healing of Genocide Survivors & Intergenerational Trauma, which brought together survivors, activists, and academics. The three featured speakers -- Esther Mujawayo, Jean Bosco Rutagengwa, and Chantal Kayitesi -- discussed their experiences during the Genocide and the impacts it still has on their lives today. Includes brief profiles of the three speakers. Mujawayo is a therapist, activist, and writer who has received several awards for her work advocating for survivors and helping to heal the psychological wounds. Rutagengwa is also the author of a memoir and is the co-founder of an organization, IBUKA, which digitizes and preserves survivors\u27 testimony. Kayitesi works to help survivors re-build their lives through the organization AVEGA (Association of Women and Children of the Genocide Agahozo)
An Interview with Amy Smith of Healthy Homeworks
No full textInterview with Amy Smith, founder of Healthy Homeworks, a Lewiston-based nonprofit that works to make homeownership of older housing stock in Lewiston attainable for new Mainers. Smith explains how the organization got started and how it evolved into its current iteration. She explains how the financing works, and the partnership with MaineHousing, as well as the important role that education plays in ensuring that immigrants are ready to take on the responsibilities of owning an older building
A city manager with a knack for economic development and communication
No full textPenny Thompson became Caribou\u27s city manager in 2021. She previously served as interim manager for a few months, and assessor\u27s agent from 2013-2021. Her accomplishments include facilitating the creation of a Visit Caribou turism campaign, advancing community, economic development, and strengthening communication. In fiscal years 2023 and 2024, she and her team secured over $8.5 million in grant funding for connectivity, brownfield mitigation, riverfront redevelopment, and sense-of-place projects. Article is part of the Women to Watch series in Mainebiz
Building homes in Bangor : residential developers, local officials tackle the Queen City\u27s housing gap
No full textBangor, a service center for health care and education with a population of around 32,000, is centrally located between more densely populated southern Maine, and more rural northern and eastern regions. BangorHousing,a quasi-governmental agency that provides living space for low-to-moderate income households, has a portfolio of 846 affordable and market-rate apartments in 11 developments throughout Bangor
From the Cold War to high tech : behind the scenes at TechPlace, Brunswick\u27s business incubator
No full textMore than a decade after the Brunswick Naval Air Station base was decommissioned in 2011, the Cold War vibe lingers inside long grey corridors that evoke military bureaucracy, a business suite furnished with a Navy-leftover brown leather sofa and chairs, and a windowless chamber once dubbed the spooky room. TechPlace is an incubator for early-stage manufacturing and technology startups
A Real Shell Shock
No full textA social media April Fools’ Day joke became reality with the inaugural Auburn Lobster Festival in 2023. Due to it’s initial success, the festival will continue in the spring of 2024
Ready to Make a Splash
No full text“After a painstaking restoration, a classic Maine Schooner is about to hit the water again as it sails toward its second century.
Maine Considers Creation of Civil Rights Unit to Investigate Hate Crimes
No full textA brief overview of LD 2210, a proposal presented by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross to create a civil rights office within the Office of the Attorney General. Under the proposal, the new office would investigate hate crimes and make policy recommendations to the Maine Legislature. Includes some statistics on the number of hate crimes reported in Maine in 2022