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Updated Summer 2008


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Ned Allen

94 Buswell Rd
Bridgton, ME 04009
(207) 647-5977
nallen@megalink.net

  • Self-employed independent museum professional
  • Former Curator/Education Coordinator, Herman Melville's Arrowhead, the Author's home in Pittsfield, MA
  • Former Director, Bridgton Historical Society
Elif S. Armbruster
  • Assistant Professor of English, Suffolk University, Boston MA
Diane M. Aston

10 Straw Rd.
Gorham, ME 04038
daston@maine.rr.com

  • Acadia Trust, N.A.
Julie Atkins

jatkins@usm.maine.edu

Hannah W. Ashley

20 Spartina Point
Yarmouth, ME 04096
(207) 846-4402
hashley@maine.rr.com

  • Tutor, Portland Public Schools and Club Z

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Felicity Beede

27 Boody St.
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 729-7160
felicitybeede@hotmail.com

  • Brunswick Jr. High School
Thomas Bennett

89 Val View Drive
Auburn ME 04210-8978
(207) 784-5163
tccbennett@verizon.net

  • Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland ME
Lance Bergman

1620 Manor Rd.
Englewood, FL 34223
(941) 460-9578
lbergman190@comcast.net

  • Teacher, Lemon Bay High School, Englewood, Florida
Sue Black
  • Bridgton Historical Society
Jennifer P. Blanchard

211A Indian Springs Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 258-2780
jpblan@wm.edu

  • PhD from, American Studies, College of William and Mary. Visiting instructor, Department of English, and writer and editor for the Office of the President at the College of William and Mary.
Kirsten Read Boettcher

15 Harrison Rd.
Windham, ME 04062
(207) 829-2159 or (207) 233-8845
kirseten@orbismaps.com

  • Orbis Mapping Solutions, Greater Portland Landmarks (seasonal)
Robert Boggs

RR2 Box 656A
236 Fosterville Rd.
Bridgton, ME 04009
(207) 647-5707
bobsal@megalink.net

  • Teacher, Gray-New Gloucester High School. Using New England Studies approaches and methods, especially in my Shaker Studies class.
Janet Brackett

52 Starks Rd.
New Sharon, ME 04955
(207) 778-3652
janetb@maine.edu

  • Head of access services Mantor Library, University of Maine - Farmington
  • Completed Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) at the University of South Carolina in May 2004
Elspeth H. Brown

3434 Bishop St.
Cincinnati, OH 45330
elspeth.brown@utoronto.ca

  • Professor in American Studies and History, Miami University of Ohio
John Burk

324 North Main St.
Petersham, MA 01366
(978) 724-6637

  • Harvard Forest ecological research station
  • Freelance outdoor photographer and writer. Freelance projects include guides to central MA and New England natural areas
Connie Burns
  • South Portland Schools, teacher-librarian
Lynn Bushnell

289 Glenwood Dr.
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 582-8651 (w)
lynn.bushnell@quinnipiac.edu

  • Vice President for Public Affairs, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT

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Sharon Callahan

3 Spruce Ln.
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 725-7197
scallahan@brunswick.k12.me.us

  • Teacher, Brunswick Jr. High
  • Language Arts Department chair and teaches 8th grade language arts
Katherine Cargile

158 Spring St.
Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 577-5052
k8cargile@hotmail.com

Alan Casavant

22 Meetinghouse Rd.
Biddeford, ME 04005
(207) 284-4690
acasavan@maine.rr.com

  • Biddeford High School, American Studies, Psychology and 20th Century World History
  • Elected November 2006 to Maine State Legislature from District 137 (Biddeford and Kennebunkport)
Tami Christopher

92 Spruce St.
Meriden CT 06451
tacimat@yahoo.com

  • University of Phoenix, Lincoln Technical Institute
  • Pursuing PhD History at UCONN
  • Recent publication, Defining Memory, ed. Amy K. Levin
Susan Cimburek

4535 Q Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 965-0243
cimburek@starpower.net

  • Smithsonian American History Library
Stanwyn S. Clough

140 Port Rd.
Kennebunk, ME

  • Associate Chief Reader in Social Studies/Reading Measured Progress in Dover, NH
  • Chief Reader, Social Studies MCAS (Massachusetts)
  • Chief Reader, Social Studies/KYCATS (Kentucky)
  • Chief Reader, Reading/Grade 10 KYCATS (Kentucky)
Sue Hartford Clukey

13 Doughty Rd.
North Yarmouth, ME 04097
(207) 829-6646
theclukes@yahoo.com

  • Retired
  • Studying Geology
  • Written a short geological history of North Yarmouth
Carol Colby

94 Buswell Rd.
Bridgton, ME 04009
(207)647-5977

Ann M. Colford

1220 W. 6th Ave., Apt. B
Spokane, WA 99204
(509) 747-2364
colford@earthlink.net

  • Self-employed freelance writer
Nan Cumming

77 Vesper St.
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 773-7147
nancumming@maine.rr.com

  • Executive Director, Portland Trails

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Bernard Davala

P.O. Box 308
Damariscotta, ME 04543

Matthew David Deschaine

321 SW 10th Ave.
Portland OR 97239
(207) 577-8729
mdddingo@yahoo.com

  • Fleishman-Hillard, International Public Relations firm
Scott DeWolfe

DeWolfe & Wood Rare Books Inc.
P.O. Box 425
Alfred, ME 04002
(207) 490-557
sdewolfe@adelphia.net
www.dwbooks.com

  • Co-owner of DeWolfe & Wood Rare Books, dealing in rare books, manuscripts, ephemera related to American local and national history
  • Leading dealers in Shaker related items
  • Hours: 9-4 seven days a week on Rt. 202, center of Alfred, ME
Anne Robinson Dolan

804 River Rd.
Edgecomb, ME 04556
(207) 633-6657
bdolan@gwi.net

  • Retired
Judith P. Donahue

6 Carriage Rd.
Freeport, ME 04032
(207) 865-4649
donahu1@aol.com

  • Freeport Middle School
Gilbert Doughty

112 Rockland Ave
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 879-9235
gdough61@yahoo.com

  • Manager of Eduation Programs, Greater Portland Landmarks
  • U.S. History Instructor (part-time) York County Community College

Nicole V. Dresser
2 Linwood St.
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107-1208

Penny Dublin-Davis
14 Shingle Way
Portland, ME 04107-1208

pennydd@verizon.net
Martina Morrow Duncan

42 Elm St.
Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-9665

  • Director of Community Chamber Partnerships, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce

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Aaron Eaton

55 Pitt St. Unit 5
Portland, ME 04103

Kathy Tremper Edney

216 S. Jenison
Lansing, MI 48915
(517) 775-2442
katedney@hotmail.com

  • Enrolled in Ph.D. program in American Studies at Michigan State University while working as a teaching assistant
Mona Ann Ervin

177 Cook St.
Auburn, ME 04210
(207) 784-2086
mjervin@verizon.net

  • Retired
  • Board of Trustees, Auburn Public Library
Joseph Ezepek

467 Mansion Rd.
Hollis, ME 04042
(207) 727-4829
jte@portlandmaine.gov

  • Portland Police Department, promoted to Sergeant, January 2007

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Susan Myer Fahlgren

65 Seabury Ln.
Yarmouth, ME 04096
(207) 846-3332
sfahlgren@nya.org

  • Teacher, North Yarmouth Academy
Thomas S. Farkas

RR2, Box 492
Gardiner, ME 04345
(207) 582-5280

  • Communications and Training Coordinator, Maine State Employees Association, Augusta
Steve Feeney
  • Freelance music, dance and theatre reviews for Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Jacqueline Field
Joseph Finnegan

51 Fox Meadow Run
Lyman, ME 04002
(207) 499-7924
jfinnegan@biddschools.org

  • Teacher - Biddeford High School
Nancy Flagg

365 Danforth St.
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 771-5530

  • Hair Apparent, 365 Danforth St.
Jane Foden

2 Plover Lane
Scarborough, ME 04074
(207) 883-5677
janefoden@aol.com

  • Marketing/Public Relations Coordinator, Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine

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Suzanne Gerry
  • Retired
Pamela Goucher

30 South Freeport Rd.
Freeport, ME 04032
(207) 865-4344
pam_goucher@coconetme.org

  • Freeport Middle School
Beth Guy

15 Martin Rd.
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-7151
jguy1@maine.rr.com

  • Windham School Department, High School English teacher

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Cheryl Higgins

9 Hemlock Hill Rd.
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
(207) 799-5950
cherylhiggin48@hotmail.com

  • Cape Elizabeth Middle School, Language Arts and Social Studies
Marcia Howell

27 Orkney Street
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 774-9659
mlhowell@gwi.net

  • Retired

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Arthur Johnson
  • Published two articles on Indians of Maine on Ne-Do-Ba www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba web site
Thomas B. Johnson

184 Portland St.
So. Berwick, ME 03908
(207) 676-8594
curator@oldyork.org

  • Curator, Old York Historical Society, York, ME
  • Currently Chair of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission (gubernatorial appointment)
  • Advisory Trustee, Maine Preservation
  • On collections advisory committees of Victoria Mansion, Portland and Woodlawn, The Black Mansion, Ellsworth
  • Major field of current research and recent publication is Maine-made furniture and cabinetmakers from 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries

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Jessica Kelly (Daenzer)

32 Clinton St.
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 773-4219
jessicadkelly@msn.com

  • The Center for Educational Services, Maine History Education Specialist

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Shirley LaBranche

6 White Pine Dr.
Sanford, ME 04073
(207) 490-1694
slabranche@yccc.edu

  • York County Community College
Tracy Lamaestra

30 Lincoln St.
Bath, ME 04530
luvmyoes@aol.com

Christine Lashua

24 Middle St.
Westbrook, ME 04092
clashua@gmail.com

  • Andover College
  • Assistant Professor, Arts & Sciences
  • Director, Acadamic Assistance Center; Service Learning Coordinator
Kerry Lynn Lathrop

2039 Hotel Rd.
Auburn, ME 04210
klathrop@auburnschl.edu

Nancy P. Lawthers
15 Carla Way
Broomfield, CO 80020

  • Retired
  • Head of a Colorado Episcopal Church women's organization
Robert O. Lenna

P.O. Box 185
Bowdoinham, ME 04008
rlenna@excite.com

  • Executive Director, Maine Municipal Bond Bank
  • Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority
  • Maine Governmental Facilities Authority
  • Maine Public Utility Financing Bank
Paige Lilly

91 U.S. Route 1
Bucksport, ME 04416
(207) 469-7827 (h)
paigelilly@acadia.net

  • Archivist, William S. Cohen Papers, Raymond Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono
Dean Lyons

154 Temple Ave.
Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064
(207) 934-5190
dlyons@gwi.net


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Kimberly MacIsaac

PO box 93
Peaks Island, ME 04108
(207) 766-5514
fifthmemuseum@maine.rr.com

  • Executive Director, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, Peaks Island ME
Teresa Flanagan Mahns

6 Albee St.
Augusta, ME 04330

  • Freelance writer
Janice A. Makowski

100 Ash Swamp Rd.
Scarborough, ME 04074
(207) 883-5675
jmakows1@maine.rr.com

  • Math Teacher, Greely H.S.
  • Involved with cemetery documentation for Scarborough Historical Society
  • Presently researching my Polish heritage
Nancy Chute Marcotte

27 Shurtleff Ave.
So. Paris, ME 04281
(207) 743-2644
nancy_marcotte@sad17.k12.me.us

  • Art and Media Arts Teacher, Oxford Hills High School
Ellen Marlatt

97 Morning St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 431-8397
emarlatt@independentarchaeology.com

  • Co-owner, Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC (IAC) www.iac-llc.net
Drew Masterman

77 Vesper Street
Portland ME 04101-4436
(207) 773-7147
drewmasterman@maine.rr.com

  • Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, realtor
  • University of Southern Maine, bookkeeper
  • Pursuing book deal on forgotten regional history
  • Sri Lanka volunteer after tsunami
Anita McFarlane

220 West Mills Rd.
Industry, ME 04938
(207) 778-3664
amcfarla@endicott.edu

  • Registrar, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
Jake McNally

32 Montreal St.
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 775-0392
mcnalj@portlandschools.org

  • Teacher at Deering High School
Phyllis Medeiros

115 Landry Dr.
Hollis, ME 04042
ajmppm@sacoriver.net

  • Bonny Eagle High School
  • My book, Seeds and the Soil: The Planting of the Freewill Baptist Church in Hollis, Buxton and Gorham, Maine 1780-1820, was published in 1998
Tom Meyn

657 Cathance Rd.
Topsham, ME 04086
(207) 729-0035
meynt@link75.org

  • SAD #75, Mt. Ararat High School
Lydia Midwood

6 Whittier Place, 16G
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 337-0077
lmidwood@gmail.com

  • Lee Munder Capital Group
Beverly Mobley
  • Legislative Counsel Bureau, Carson City, NV - Research Division, Constituent Services Unit
  • Contributions to Stewart Indian School and Clothing and Textile sections - see http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/cc/exhibits2.htm
Jill Mudgett
  • University of Massachusetts - Amherst, final year of graduate school
Molly Mulhern

90 Mechanic St.
Camden, ME 04843
(207) 236-6832
mmulhern@verizon.net

  • International Marine/McGraw Hill, Rockport, Maine
Daniel G. Murphy

11 Edgewater Lane
Saco, ME
(207) 282-6887
dangmurphy@yahoo.com

  • Bonney Eagle High School (SAD #6)

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Elizabeth C. Nelson

21 Columbia Ave.
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 725-2937
enelson@bowdoin.edu

  • Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Charles Nielson

511 Farnum Rd
Bryant Pond, ME 04219

Patricia Niles

76 Ledgewood Rd.
Peaks Island, ME 04108
(207) 766-9787
meaganjack@msn.com

  • ESL Teacher at King Middle School, Portland, Maine
Craig Norman

RR2 Box 329
Bridgton, ME 04009
(207) 647-5540
csn_99@yahoo.com

  • Current President of the Maine Archaeological Society, Inc.
Rebecca Nourse

P.O. Box 39
Fiskdale, MA 01518
(508) 347-6811
ren3@cornell.edu

  • Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA

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Kerry O'Brien

15 Wilson St.
Topsham, ME 04086
(207) 721-0946
kobrien@bates.edu

  • Assistant Dean of Faculty, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Robin O'Sullivan

2907 Pearl St. #103
Austin, TX 78705
Robinos@mail.utexas.edu

  • Ph.D. candidate, University of Texas at Austin, Department of American Studies

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Gina Platt

53 Third Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 945-5809
gina.platt@umit.maine.edu

  • University of Maine Museum of Art
Rebecca McDonald Pritchard

111 Sherman St, #25
Portland, ME 04101
(603) 294-4890
beckypritchard@maine.rr.com

  • Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
Anuka Puri

17 Deering St. #12
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 879-7040
apuri@maine.edu

  • Work at USM while pursuing graduate work at Muskie in Public Policy & Management

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Tracy Peasley Quimby

Victoria Mansion
109 Danforth Street
Portland ME 04101
(207) 772-4841 x15
tquimby@victoriamansion.org

  • Education Coordinator, Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME

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Catherine M. Raymond
  • Editor for the U.S. Census Bureau
David Richards
  • Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, ME
  • Ph.D. in History, University of New Hampshire, 1997
  • Author of Poland Spring: A Tale of the Gilded Age, 1860-1900
Cynthia Melendy (Richardson)

5515 Interbay Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33611
(813) 832-6848
melendy727@verizon.net or cmelendy@cas.usf.edu

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, History Department teaching Environmental History and material Culture, and American History survey
  • Book Review Editor at H-Environment
  • Article on film and Environment in Florida coming out in the journal Environmental History, Spring 2007, along with several book reviews
Doreen Faulconer Rogan

1238 State Rd.
Eliot, ME 03903
(207) 439-7590
drogan@yccc.edu

  • York County Community College, Assistant Academic Dean and teach U.S. History
Laura J. Romano

405 S. Morrison Rd. Apt 119
Muncie, IN 47304
romanoin@att.net

Wesley Rothermel

606 So. Convent Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701-2644
(520) 235-7150
wesleyrothermel@yahoo.com

  • Self-employed CPA and educator
Marguerite Ryan

175 Foreside Rd.
Falmouth, ME 04105
(207) 829-6589
rrunner1@maine.rr.com

Marianne Ryder
  • Portland State University, Ph.D. candidate and Graduate Research Assistant in the Urban Studies and Planning Department

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Marie Sacks

749 E. River Rd.
Whitefield, ME 04353
(207) 549-5064
mjsacks11@earthlink.net

  • Retired
Daryl Sasser

2083 170th Court
Winterset, IA 50273
(215) 537-0861
daryl.sasser@union-psce.edu

  • Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
Stephen Scharoun

445 Mosher Hill Rd.
Farmington, ME 04938
scharoun@maine.edu

  • Archaelogy Research Center, University of Maine-Farmington
  • Rural preservation, landscape history
Jim Schoonover

14 Linwood St.
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
(207) 799-5732
schoonja@spsd.org

  • So. Portland School Department High School Special Education Teacher
Nova McConnico Seals

4 Holly Terrace
New London, CT 06320
(860) 437-3939
nova_seals@yahoo.com

  • Connecticut College, Librarian for Special Collections and Archives
Patricia T. Shaw

12 Old County Rd.
Cape Neddick, ME 03902
(207) 363-3243
ptshaw@maine.rr.com

  • Self-employed artist, specializing in New England
  • Trustee, Old York Historical Society
Sara Sikes

20B Sherman St.
Needham, MA 02494
(207) 807-6369
Sikes_sara@yahoo.com

Stacei Skowron

3314 St. Michel Ct.
Saint Charles, IL 60175
staceis@yahoo.com

  • Kane County Recorder
Rev. Elizabeth J. Bachelder Smith

10 Karen Dr.
Gardiner, ME 04345
(207) 582-3032
ejbacheldersmith@verizon.com

  • Ordained clergy member of the New England Conference of the United Methodist
Janice Michaud Smith

10 Glover St.
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 725-7811
smithjj@suscom-maine.net

  • Brunswick High School English Teacher
Ed Somers

P.O. Box 192
North Bridgton, ME 04057
(207) 647-3396

  • Self-employed carpenter
David J. Soule

10 Churchill Rd.
So. Portland, ME 04106
(207) 799-4575
daithi@maine.rr.com

  • Retired
  • Founding member of the Maine Irish Heritage Center Board
  • Genealogy Researcher
Gary Spring

42 Day Rd.
Durham, ME 04222
(207) 797-0629
gspring@fps.k12.me.us

  • Falmouth School Department
Carol Standish

313 Port Royal St.
Dauphin Island, AL 35528
(207) 967-4616
cstandish@gwi.net

  • Freelance feature writer
Linda Sten

32 Evans Rd.
Madbury, NH 03820
(603) 749-1558
wcf@nh.ultranet.com

  • Self-employed potter
Shirley Stenberg

530 Pleasant Point Rd.
Cushing, ME 04563
(207) 354-0370
ls@midcoast.com

  • Volunteer
  • Board of Trustees, Education Committee at the Farnsworth Art Museum
Gary R. Stevens

23 Royal Pine Drive
Steep Falls, ME 04085
(207) 642-3550 (h)
garystevens@sad6.k12.me.us

  • MSAD #6, Assistant Principal/Athletic Administration, Bonny Eagle High School
  • President of Southwestern Maine Activities Association
  • National Interscholastic Athletic Administration Association Publication committee
Mark A. Stoffan

2108 N. Garfield St.
Little Rock, AR 72207
(501) 569-8640
mastoffan@ualr.edu

  • Associate Professor and Director of Technical Services and Technology, Oppenheimer Library
Peter E. Sullivan

72 Pineloch Drive
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-4480
psully56@aol.com

  • Retired
  • University of Maine - Orono, working on PhD dissertation

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Rea Turet

525 Meadow Rd.
Durham, ME 04222
(207) 353-8529
reaturet@gwi.net

  • Retired
Christi Mitchell Twain

556 East River Rd.
Whitefield, ME 04353
(207) 549-4703
coldarsefarm@gwi.net

  • Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Augusta ME
  • Coordinator, National Register of Historic Places and Architectural Survey programs

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Nancy Barton Vachon

69 Torrey St.
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 233-3533
nancyvachon1@yahoo.com

  • Verizon
Dietlind Vander Schaaf

119 Judah St.
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 682-7217
dietlind32@hotmail.com

  • Administrative assistant at a small plaintiff's firm in San Francisco and personal historian for elderly gentleman in Berkeley
  • Currently applying to MFA program in creative writing
Margaret Vose

172 Log Cabin Rd.
Arundel, ME 04046
(207) 780-5186
vose@usm.maine.edu

  • Department of Geoscience, USM

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Mary Anne Wallace
  • Retired
  • Portland Harbor Museum voluteer
  • Chair, 275th anniversary committee, First Congregational Church UCC, South Portland
Darren Wallach

31 Granite Point Rd.
Biddeford, ME 04005
(207) 282-2451
darrenwallach@hotmail.com

  • Educator
Douglas E. Watkins

443 Blackstrap Rd.
Falmouth, ME 04105
(207) 878 6964
douginme@maine.rr.com

Lauren Webster

44 Eldenberry Ln
New Gloucester, ME 04260
lwebster@usm.maine.edu

  • USM, Women and Gender Studies

David Weight
PSC 473 Box 128
FPO AP 96349
011-81-468-33-1499
deweight@yahoo.com

  • Teacher at Yokosuka Middle School in Japan
  • Working for DoDDS
Elizabeth (Betsy) O. Wiley

25 Orland St.
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 773-1545
bwiley@gwu.edu

Madeleine Winterfalcon

26 Vine St., Apt. A
Northfield, VT 05663
(802) 485-4825
still.nomad@yahoo.com

  • Member of NEA's National Diversity Training Cadre
Naomi Winterfalcon

26 Vine St., Apt. A
Northfield, VT 05663
(802) 485-4825
still.nomad@yahoo.com

  • Champlain College, Burlington VT
Peggy Wishart

410 US Route One
Kittery ME 03904
(207) 384-2454
wishp33@hotmail.com

  • Historic New England
  • Peggy is the site manager of three historic museums: the Hamilton House and Sarah Orne Jewett House in S. Berwick and the Sayward-Wheeler House in York. Peggy is happy to talk with students interested in the museum field and/or internships.
Laurie Wood

250 Mountfort Rd.
North Yarmouth, ME 04097
(207) 846-0935
woodla@spsd.org

  • South Portland High School, English
  • Member of the Board of North Yarmouth Historical Society
Katherine Woodbury

26 Cushman St. #3
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 773-0731
woodburykate@yahoo.com

  • Southern Maine Community College, Andover College
  • Fantasy and science-fiction writer
  • Currently have 12 published stories

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