Made in Maine Episodes on MPBN

Made in Maine: Episodes (19th Season)
	Mill Works - Lou McNally hosts the show from the historic Fort Andros Mill complex in Brunswick, now housing a diverse array of commercial businesses including everything from the Nature Conservancy to antique malls. We’ll visit the old Eastern Fine Paper Mill in Brewer and look at the development plan for the 41 acre waterfront site that includes apartments, markets, shops, a marina, and even City Hall. And we’ll take a tour of the Johnston Dandy Company in Lincoln, where they’ve been supplying paper mills with custom rollers for over 75 years.(Episode #1901)
	Motorcycle Maine-ia! - Good weather in Maine means you’ll see a lot of motorcycles on the road. In this episode of Made in Maine, we’re going to find out how to ride one, buy a new one, and restore an old one. Lou McNally visits Motorcycles in Motion, a riding school in Camden, to get certified to pass his motorcycle license test. We’ll visit North Country Cycles, a Harley Davidson store in Augusta, and take a trip down to South Berwick where Dino Paul and his dad have their hands full restoring vintage American motorcycles, one of which is featured on a new U.S. postage stamp. (Episode #1902)
	Working Dogs - Dogs can help people in many ways. This week on Made in Maine, we’ll learn how Maine dogs help kids read, help shepherds herd sheep, and help those with disabilities get around. Host Lou McNally visits Bucks Harbor shepherd and border collie trainer Dave Cravens as he and his dogs gather lambs from off shore islands. We’ll also drop in on the Patten Free Library in Bath where they rely on certified “reading dogs” to help kids learn to read in a supportive and uncritical environment, and we’ll visit My Wonderful Dog, a service-dog training center in Portland. (Episode #1903)
	Sweet Tooth - Lou McNally takes us on a sugar-coated journey, hosting this week’s show from Simply Divine Brownies in Brunswick. They’ve only been in business a few years, but already have been featured the Food Channel and provided brownies for last year’s Oscar award celebration in Hollywood. We’ll also visit a mom-and-pop kitchen business in Skowhegan, Smith’s Maple Products, where for the past 45 years they’ve been making those little boxes of maple candies sold in Maine tourist shops everywhere, and L.L. Bean’s as well. And what would a sweet tooth show be without the most famous Maine confection, the whoopie pie? We’ll visit Wicked Whoopies in Gardiner, which outgrew owner Amy Bouchard's home kitchen after being cited as a great gift on Oprah Winfrey's web site. (Episode #1904)
	Trucking - Maine has always been known as a trucking center. This week Host Lou McNally learns to drive a big rig at the Northeast Technical Institute in Scarborough, where they teach hundreds of students the rules of the road and prepare them for careers in the trucking industry. We’ll meet a mom-and-pop trucking business, the Blue Bird Ranch Trucking Company in the downeast town of Jonesboro, and stop in for a real trucker’s lunch at Maine’s legendary 24-hour truck stop in Bangor, Dysarts -- one of a vanishing breed of family-owned, full service truck stops in America. (Episode #1905)
	Community Music -Think of gazebos and city parks and you might think band concerts. Community bands are a tradition in Maine, and this week we’ll look at three ways the tradition is being kept alive with brass bands, steel drums and fiddles. Lou McNally hosts the show from East Blue Hill, where the local library is raising money with a concert by their local favorite, Flash in the Pan community steel drum orchestra. We’ll also visit the Bath Municipal Band, a local tradition at ship launchings and park concerts for over a hundred years. And we’ll stop in at a rehearsal of one of the newer community music groups around, Fiddle-icious in West Falmouth. (Episode #1906)
	Surplus & Salvage - Salvage and surplus stores operate with one simple philosophy: buy great stuff in bulk and sell it cheap. An almost limitless variety of goods at bargain-basement prices is their stock in trade. This week host Lou McNally takes a look at these meccas for the stereotypical thrifty Yankee as he visits Maine State Surplus Sales in Augusta and Mott’s Marine Salvage in Newcastle. They all have great bargains, if you’re willing to take the time to look and be ready to pounce when you see something you like -- because as any one of the owners of these stores will tell you, if you wait until tomorrow, it probably won't be there when you come back. (Episode #1907)
	The Arts - Lou McNally travels all over the state in pursuit of the arts and finds them in places you might not expect, like the North Light Gallery in Millinocket, which features artists from Maine and beyond who draw inspiration from nearby Mt. Katahdin and Baxter State Park. Then it’s down to the town of Brownfield, where singer-songwriter Carol Noonan has converted an old barn into Stone Mountain Arts Center, a top-notch performance space that’s attracting musicians from around the country, followed by a Downeast journey to Eastport and the home of the Tides Institute and Museum of Art, the only international arts center in New England. (Episode #1908)
	Out of the Way Gourmets -Fine dining is easy to find if you live in the city. But what if you live in, say, Greenville Junction, or Fort Fairfield, or Isle au Haut? No problem, as you’ll see in this episode on “out-of-the-way gourmets.” The Made in Maine crew visits Abbie Freethy, trained at the Culinary Institute of America, and now known as the Northwoods Gourmet Girl at her Little Leaf Café in Greenville Junction.(Episode #1909)
	A Hands-On Education - is a necessary precursor to the traditional Yankee work ethic. Under the watchful eye of those who have already mastered their craft, young men and women learn the skills they’ll need to succeed in their jobs and in life, as Lou discovers in this episode. At the University of New England in Biddeford, students can attend the only osteopathic medical school in New England, where they learn to treat the whole patient and not just the ailment. In Bangor, Husson College hosts the New England School of Communications, where students learn the finer points of radio and television production.(Episode #1910)
	Water Maine - Maine is fortunate to have an abundant supply of the world’s next likely endangered resource – clean, drinkable water. Made in Maine visits the Hatch family of Nobleboro, where the family business for over a half-century has been drilling for water. Once water is reached, a pump is required to get it out of the ground, and that’s where Bison Pumps of Houlton enters the picture with pumps that are a throwback to an earlier technology, but with an interesting twist. By contrast, no drills or pumps at all are necessary at Summit Springs in the town of Harrison, where they bottle and sell water that comes bubbling right up out of the ground.(Episode #1911)
	Celtic Maine - This episode of Made in Maine explores the state’s Celtic heritage and the businesses and groups keeping Celtic culture thriving in Maine. We’ll learn about Maine’s connection to Ireland with a visit to the Irish Heritage Center in Portland, as well as Maine’s connection to Scotland with a visit to Maine’s Saint Andrew’s Society. Irish and Scottish goods sit side by side on the shelves of the Shamrock, Thistle & Rose of Belfast – that’s Belfast, Maine, by the way – and the show wraps up with a cup of tea and a bit o’ the blarney with the Gilmore family, who run the Claddagh Motel in Rockland.
Made in Maine: Episodes (18th Season)
	Organic Maine - Host Lou McNally and crew kick off the series' 18th season with a visit to the Common Ground Country Fair, then it's off to Two Loons Farm in Vassalboro, the Webb Family Farm in Pittston and finally to Grandy Oats in Brownfield. (Episode #1801)
	Bargains in Maine - Lou and crew visit one of the best flea markets in Maine. Then it's off to meet the brothers who own Reny's stores and also introduce viewers to the original Uncle Henry. What a bah-gain! (Episode #1802)
	Recycled in Maine - Reduce, reuse, re....model? Check out the Portland Architectural Salvage Company, where vintage fixtures from old homes find new life. Also, eco-art made from trash found on Mt. Everest; a "green" hotel in Kennebunkport; and recycling cooking oil for energy. (Episode #1803)
	Barn Again - Raising new barns, saving old barns and moving ones that are somewhere in between, plus a look at the Smithsonian's traveling barn exhibition in this episode hosted from the Bethel Historial Society. (Episode #1804)
	Earth Wind & Fire - Lou and company visit a solar-powered house in Kennebunkport, drop in on a Yarmouth firm that designs windmill farms, check out a Liberty company that installs wood furnaces, and visit a wind-powered fiber spinning mill in Hope. (Episode #1805)
	Out in the Kitchen - Lou McNally cooks up a tribute to the most popular room in any house: the kitchen. Lou hosts this episode from Karyl Bannister's kitchen in Southport, after which he heads Downeast to Jonesport to sample Bandana Bill's Blazin' Hot Sauce. Then meet the Bath company that This Old House magazine calls the finest kitchen cabinet maker in the country. The show's last segment profiles "Lost Diners" author Will Anderson. (Episode #1806)
	Time After Time - Discover the world of antique clocks and timepieces as Lou hosts the show from Yankee Clocks in New Harbor. Viewers also meet Rockport's James Lea, who combines a love of antique clocks and detailed woodworking to make some of the finest reproduction American clocks available today. Finally, visit the quaint Bar Harbor shop of master clockmaker Alexander Phillips. (Episode #1807)
	Cooperative Spirit - "Many hands make light work," goes an old saying. They can also make a difference in people's lives, as Lou discovers at Designs by Lucinda in Portland. Then it's off to Maine Balsam in West Paris, which taps into a pool of local labor to make aromatic, balsam-scented pillows. Finally, visit the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance in Old Town, where reviving the art of traditional basketmaking is their mission. (Episode #1808)
	Shoes - Lou hosts this episode from Falcon Footwear in Lewiston, where laws mandating American-made boots for postal workers and military personnel have been good for business. The Made in Maine crew also visits Eagle Lake, where Brian Theriault and his father Edmund have been making traditional snowshoes out of white ash and rawhide for over 25 years. Finally, we drop in on Hersey Custom Shoes in Wilton, where once they make one pair for you, they can make perfectly fitting custom-made shoes for you for the rest of your life. (Episode #1809)
	Small Box Stores - You know you're in Maine when you drive by a store and the sign out front reads, "Guns, Wedding Gowns, Cold Beer," which residents of Windsor see every time they drive past Hussey's General Store. Made in Maine also visits North Creek Farm in Phippsburg, where they sell "everything from brassieres to hamburger meat" in addition to unusual roses and perennials. Then it's off to L.M. Longley and Sons in Norway, an old-fashioned hardware store that's been a fixture on Main Street for over 100 years. (Episode #1810)
	Maine's Creative Economy - Maine's Creative Economy refers to the important role that art and culture play in maintaining Maine's economic competitiveness. Lou hosts this show from the town of Franklin, where Charlie and Susanne Grosjean tapped their respective artistic talents to form Hog Bay Pottery and Susanne Grosjean Rugs. Then viewers meet Kat Logan, who found a way to turn her love of the visual and performing arts into a profitable business. From there, we head to Rockland to visit Penobscot Language School, a Maine company working in the linguistic arts. (Episode #1811)
	Taking Flight - These companies may be Made in Maine, but they do more of their business over Maine than in it. Lou McNally hosts this episode from Penobscot Island Air of Rockland, where owner and president Kevin Waters and three other pilots keep island communities supplied with groceries, medications, mail and much more. You'll also meet Maurice Roundy, who operates Midcoast Air of Auburn, which is in the process of restoring three Lockheed Constellation airplanes -- in Roundy's front yard! Then it's off to Limestone, where the Telford Group is developing a prototype unmanned blimp than can be flown using a laptop computer. (Episode #1812)
	Classic Cars - Car buffs, start your engines! Lou hosts the 18th season finale from "Cruise Night," which draws dozens and sometimes over 200 cars and their owners to show off and learn from each other each Thursday night during the summer at Ainslie's Market in Gardiner. Viewers also meet Neil Martin of Goldenrod Garage in Freeport, which buys and sells used vintage vehicles, and Nick DiMaio of Metal Shaping Tool Company of Buckfield, who performs complete vehicle restorations. (Episode #1813)

Made in Maine: Episodes (19th Season)

Made in Maine: Episodes (18th Season)