Do you know who Frances Perkins is? If the answer is no, you're not alone. She was the first woman elected to a presidential cabinet and under Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the Secretary of Labor for 12 years. She is responsible for craft...

For teens without homes, a bed can mean a new beginning.Preble Street, a nonprofit organization in Portland that provides services to people experiencing homelessness, has seen a rise in teen homelessness. Leah McDonald, senior dir...

Maine ranks near the top for highest food insecurity rates in the country.  Dixie Shaw from Catholic Charities of Maine in Aroostook County and Katie Brown from Youthfull Maine talk about food insecurity in their regions and how they fight...

In 2017, Mike Masudi arrived to the U.S. by himself at age 19. Since then, he's earned his GED, an associate degree in information technology, and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity.In this episode, Mike shares how he got ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.This episode's guest is Kelly Brown, associate director of Next Step Domestic Violence Project in Ellsworth and Machias.

COVID-19 shuttered Maine's theaters for more than 18 months. But communities rallied to support the performing arts even as they were deemed inessential services. Dana Packard of the Saco River Theatre in Buxton and Keri Lupien of ...

The only active Shaker community in the world sits humbly 20 miles north of Portland, Maine, home to two practicing Shakers.There, an effort to restore the last Shaker herb house in the country will create opportunities for the outside ...

Thoughts of Maine might conjure up lush landscapes, but 96 percent of Maine's low-income and non-white residents live in a nature-deprived area.Nan Cumming, executive director of Portland Parks Conservancy, and Tom Farrell, director of ...

Pride Month in June  is an opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the progress made since the Stonewall Riots beginning on June 28, 1969,  in New York City. But there is still work to be done for Maine's transgender communi...

For 40 years, Downeast Salmon Federation has worked to bring the Atlantic salmon fishery back to Maine's rivers.Executive Director Dwayne Shaw and founding board member Joe Robbins talk about technological and regulatory advancements an...

Maine is the oldest state in the country where 21 percent of residents are over the age of 65. It is also the most rural state, which can make it difficult for older people to access services.In this podcast Jess Maurer, executive direct...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to educate and reduce the stigma of mental illness.

Access to clean drinking water has long been an issue at Sipayik, home to about 700 people who live at the Passamaquoddy reservation near Eastport. Residents for decades have lugged water to their homes because water from their taps is discolor...

April 22 marks the 52nd annual Earth Day, a celebration of the beginning of the modern environmentalism movement. Guests Red Fong and Olivia Griset, co-directors of the Maine Environmental Educa...

Local entrepreneurs and community leaders discuss the revitalization efforts of downtown Skowhegan. Matt DuBois, co-owner of The Bankery and Skowhegan Fleursite & Formalwear, and Amber Lambke, co-founder of Maine Grains, share w...

In this episode of Maine Ties, Terri Ouellette of Families First Community Center in Ellsworth discusses homelessness in Hancock County, and how the transitional home is working to break the cycle of homelessness. Grants from Maine...