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North By East: County Kid
No full textAn interview with poet Melissa Crowe about her collection Lo. Crowe discusses how her Aroostook County upbringing and lasting ties to Maine inform her work
Good Things From Maine: All Weld and Good
No full textA brief article describing People\u27s Inclusive Welding, a South Portland trade school specializing in students from groups underrepresented in the welding industry, particularly people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community
Building Business: Landry/French to Manage Skowhegan School Construction...
No full textUpdates from building projects around the state by firms Landry/French, PM Construction, and Consigli Construction
Education: Summer
No full textMini essay on ways to combat summer slide - the tendency of children to lose ground academically during summer vacation
Gulf of Maine Seafood Guides
No full textA brief description of multilingual guides to local seafood produced by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to help new immigrants identify Maine fish. Excerpts from the guides are included
News from Liberation Farms and SBCA - Early Summer 2023
No full textAn update on the Somali Bantu Community\u27s Liberation Farms notes not only the bustle of summer activity, but developments such as staffing changes and the anticipated construction of new farm buildings. Also noted are relationships forged and deepened with area farmers through help with labor and loans of equipment, a new food and cultural exchange program with the Mi\u27kmaq Nation in Presque Isle, and Kasheekee, a cultural program for Somali Bantu youth
Masthead Media Newspapers Sold to a National Nonprofit
No full textBrief article noting the purchase of the Portland Press Herald and other holdings of Masthead Maine by the nonprofit organization National Trust for Local News
For the Love of Coffee and Community
No full textAn article detailing the events of a community celebration of the coffees of East Africa at Coffee By Design\u27s Diamond Street location. Highlights of the day included Maza Mohamed\u27s performance of the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony - described here with a discussion of its history and cultural importance - and a presentation by Jean Christophe Rusatira of Umuko Coffee Importers. Rusatira\u27s comments about the coffee business in Rwanda are expounded at length. Mohamed, Rusatira, and Coffee By Design founder Mary Allen Lindemann discuss how coffee and its production link to the health of the world, families, and community
North By East: It\u27s a Small World
No full textA brief history of Eartha, the scale model of Earth which has been rotating in the DeLorme building (now home to the Garmin offices) for twenty-five years
Caution! Frauds and Scams: Frauds and Scams are Similar, but Different
No full textAn explanation of the difference between fraud and scams, plus strategies to avoid both