The robot nicknamed ‘Double’ lets 13-year-old Abby Fisher go back to school from her kitchen table.
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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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Susan Kimball: Young adults from foster care get a ‘hand up’ from Opportunity Passport
The program teaches participants to set financial goals, establish credit, balance a checkbook.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pit bull mix that killed puppy in Hollis had previous attack
It was classified as a dangerous dog for the assault on another puppy in 2012 and under Maine law it could be euthanized for a second offense.