Recorded in 2018 for The First Coast project and featuring interviews with year-round residents of Jonesport and Beals, Maine.
Sonny Beal, a lobsterman on Beals Island, discusses his work with the greater lobstering community. Beal talks about the Lobstering Union, the Jonesport-Beals Co-op, and the Maine Lobster Marketing ...
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Steve Peabody, the Jonesport Lobster Co-op Manager, shares the changes he has seen in the industry from fisheries shifts to bait changes and what it is like to be a manager. He explains the idea of a ...
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In October 2018, Galen Koch interviewed Charlie Alley in Jonesport, Maine, for The First Coast: Jonesport-Beals project. Alley, born on January 6, 1935, in Jonesport, has lived there most of his life ...
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Zach Smith, a Jonesport born musician, talks about his life as one of the few openly gay men in the area. Smith talks about how his identity has influenced his music, how he prepares for drag shows, ...
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