On the mend from a case of meningitis he contracted in April, David Pope is currently living a new normal.

Jennifer Casad is a slender pillar of muscle and bone. Veins bulge from her rippling forearms, which meld into impressive biceps that pop and flex as she excitedly punctuates her conversation with calloused hands.

Elizabeth “Liz” Matta said she has been lucky enough to always know what she wanted to do and where she wanted go. As a grade school student she watched a teacher inspire a struggling student and was inspired for life.

Tom Raymond is 92 years old and producing some of the best work of his wood turning career. Almost every day, the retired engineer descends into his basement workshop in Damariscotta where he spends hours turning blocks of wood into bowls, wine stoppers, and anything else that strikes his fancy.

In the days when Richard “Dickie” Spofford was Boothbay’s fire chief, the firefighters under his command would refer to him in the reverential tones sailors might use for a particularly effective captain.

Frank Lowell lives in the barn on the property his parents left to him on Route 215 in Jefferson. The handsome looking white farmhouse next to the barn is vacant, as Lowell has crafted a comfortable apartment for himself on the barn’s second floor.

For almost all of his life, Gerry Gamage has made his living in and around his hometown of Southport. A builder by trade, Gamage has fished commercially and built houses and additions, but derives from tending to floats, boats, and cottages.

With her youngest son headed off to college in the fall, Liliana Thelander finds herself with a rare moment to think about her next move.