Carolynn Floryan, Yarmouth: Banjo’s big adventure on the ice

I have a river dog, actually a Royal River dog, Banjo (rescued from Georgia). He is orange with a “pedigree” tail – fluffy like a collie’s, but it curls beyond 360 degrees 99 percent of the time. It’s a happy tail. We live by the river where the fresh water mingles with the salt water. […]

J. Lauren Sangster, Portland: It’s not easy to get back in the water

Carole Cochran, Boothbay Harbor: The wrong dress, the right boy

It was supposed to be the best weekend ever. I was 16, in love with my first boyfriend, and was to travel on a train from Baltimore to Virginia to see him. Peter had invited me to visit him at his boarding school in Virginia, for a weekend of football games and a dinner dance. […]