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PublishedMay 2, 2016
Use of a ‘Double’ helps homebound Vassalboro seventh-grader reconnect with classmates
The robot nicknamed 'Double' lets 13-year-old Abby Fisher go back to school from her kitchen table.
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PublishedApril 11, 2016
Susan Kimball: No rest for the weary during lambing season
Spring means all hands on deck at Maine's largest sheep farm in Windham.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2016
Young boxing champs keep their eyes on the prize: A better life
Two half brothers from Portland have high hopes in and out of the ring.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2016
Buxton kindergartners excel in Chinese language class
Students in MSAD 6 take language and culture lessons from Feng Yu, a visiting teacher from China.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2016
Survivors of burn injuries build confidence and self-esteem at Fire and Ice Camp
The winter camp put on by the Portland Fire Department gives youths four days to do things they've never done, with no pressure to ‘explain your story over and over again.’
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PublishedDecember 7, 2015
Holocaust survivor: ‘It’s what you give’ that defines you
Kurt Messerschmidt lived through incarceration at Auschwitz, served as cantor at Temple Beth El in Portland, and at age 100, still finds purpose in helping people.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2015
Susan Kimball: Through grit and robotic technology, paralyzed Portland man walks
Brian Walker, injured in a four-wheeler accident a year ago, takes his first steps in a wearable exoskeleton and says he 'felt like normal again.'
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PublishedOctober 26, 2015
Adults with developmental disabilities read to cats, and they all benefit
STRIVE members find joy and boost literacy by reading to cats at the Animal Refuge League.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Seventeen-year-old campaign manager is an ‘old soul’ with a passion for politics
Michael Michaelson has been at the helm of two successful Portland City Council races in the past two years.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2015
Portland coffee bean wholesale business growing to help Rwanda
The founders of Rwanda Bean Co. pledge to return 50 percent of the company's profits to a farming community in the East African nation.
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