"Maybe I have a set of gills in there someplace."
Eric Stark
Being in salt water is like being in the womb. You don’t need to do anything. You just relax and lay in it. And let it take you. I feel free … Continue reading about Eric Stark
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“Wealth had engendered the leisure to enjoy the fruits of earlier enterprise…there were cantatas, plays and music…Clark’s Saloon was simply a place equipped with pool tables, and vending light drinks, cigars and candies.”
– Jasper Stahl, The History of Broad Bay, Vol. 2, 1956
“But without much snow, how do you get people excited about snowmobiling?”
Carl Gushee
I wasn’t going to buy a snowmobile, but then I thought, “If I’m going to buy one, I going to buy a cheap one.” I didn’t want to spend $15,000 or … Continue reading about Carl Gushee
“The thing that always helps is knowing that we are there for each other.”
Mary Sidelinger
I was working at Taction (Telephone in Action) when I met Jann Minzy. She was teaching, but also working nights to help put her kids through … Continue reading about Mary Sidelinger
“It would be too bad to let our gardens go back to grass and weeds.”
Carol Heyer
My mother didn’t garden. I had no experience of any kind with gardens as a kid. So, when we came up here, I just started small. Somebody would give … Continue reading about Carol Heyer
“Horses are in my soul.”
Jenny DeWeir
My father loved Down East Magazine. When I was little, we used to come up to Maine and stay at different inns. One day, he found an ad in … Continue reading about Jenny DeWeir
“As my mother used to say, 'Your home is where you bring up your children.'”
Alice Linda Osier DePatsy
I went to school in Bremen, in a one-room schoolhouse with all eight grades, then on to high school in Waldoboro with 47, 48 kids in the same grade. … Continue reading about Alice Linda Osier DePatsy
“That sort of energy generosity can be contagious.”
Jeff Hurd
Patience has always been something I’ve needed more of. When I was little, my mother would buy me small, decorative turtles to help me understand its … Continue reading about Jeff Hurd
“Little League makes my kids feel they’re part of the community.”
Rachel Korenkiewicz
Little League is my favorite season. It’s spring, and it’s warming up. And there are always friends around on the field. Like my son Eli, who, … Continue reading about Rachel Korenkiewicz
“You just have to have that happy mindset.”
Donna Wallace
My history with Bingo is right here. Some of my happiest memories are sitting quietly beside my mother when she was playing Bingo. My mother liked … Continue reading about Donna Wallace
“Got more gutters than what I needed to, but you can’t learn if you don’t give it a whirl.”
Rachel McPhee
Back when the bowling lanes were DePatsy’s and I was working at Moody’s, Captain Moody asked me if I wanted to cheerlead. It was things like shouting … Continue reading about Rachel McPhee
“For me, this is like having Christmas every day. You never know what you’re going to get.”
Kathie Brown
The Waldoboro Town Landing was one of the first places I found here. For the first three years, I was the only one counting birds. And it’s rich … Continue reading about Kathie Brown