Maine Women Magazine

Aug 31, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Hannah S.E. Jansen

The Piscataquis Regional Food Center (PRFC), too, acts as a food hub. According to the most recent US Census, Maine is the oldest state in the nation. In Piscataquis County, which has a high poverty rate and is extremely rural, it can be especially difficult for seniors, who may not have access to a car or be able to drive, to get food. PRFC’s Farmshare for Homebound Seniors program offers low-income seniors, who are homebound or who have a disability, a free share of fresh, locally grown produce.

Aug 28, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Hannah S.E. Jansen

Sarah Rines, a Senior Program Manager at MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence and a former board member at the Foundation, is no stranger to the Tri. “This is my eighth Tri for a Cure,” Sarah, who lives in Portland, explained over the phone. Her voice was warm and enthusiastic. “I’m excited to participate. It’s an amazing event both from the standpoint of the community and the funds it raises.

Aug 23, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Michaela Cavallaro

Allen founded Quince & Co., which specializes in American wool spun in the United States, a rarity in 2010 when she started the Saco-based company. As a past editor of Interweave Knits and former creative director of Classic Elite Yarns, Allen had the skills and connections to jumpstart her business. While offering American-made yarn was her primary motivation for starting Quince, Allen also wanted to entice former knitters back to the craft.

Aug 16, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Mary Barstow

This spring Erin French published her memoir, Finding Freedom, about the years that led to the founding of her renowned restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, in Freedom, Maine. At first, she said, “I felt too young to be saying that I had a memoir,” but she came to recognize that, “actually, a lot has happened in a short period of time.”Not all of what happened in those years was good or easy, but it all made her who she is today. Erin grew up in Freedom, often working for her dad at his diner in Belfast.

Aug 2, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Mary Pols

He encouraged her to start playing again. She said no. It had been 25 years, she said. Tierney kept pushing. “Like anybody else, I read Olive Kitteridge and I see that Angie O’Meara practices in a church,” he says. He asked Jane Connors at Brunswick’s First Parish church if she’d mind letting Strout in to practice. And so that business of tuning in to play music began again. Tierney bought her an upright piano for their New York apartment and another for their Brunswick home.