Students at the Maine Primitive Skills School learn how to live outdoors, by learning how to build fires and shelters. Sarah Jesse highlights the work that Katee Schultz has done at the school, as she prepares to spend a night alone in the woods.

Jenna Schmitz is a pagan living in Southern Maine who practices witchcraft and just finished midwifery school. Alex Malmude highlights how Schmitz performs rituals, and discusses how a near death accident left Schmitz as a firm believer of witchcraft.

Megan Sloat discusses her role as a doula, and being at childbirths to support mothers during natural births. Sloat highlights being at the birth of Kate Cross and how she reacted to the birth.

J. Nicholas Pumilia highlights the work of Dan Furst, a designated driver for hire and owner of Home Runners. Furst speaks about working with preschoolers during the day and interacting with drunks during the night.

Attacked in their home during the middle of the night, Melanie Guerrette speaks about how her families life changed after that night. Bradley Cambell speaks to the family about struggling with traumatic brain injuries, and discusses how Melanie works to keep her family together.

On the night of one of the biggest matches of the year, Sarah Danson documents the roller derby match between the Maine Port Authorities and the Rhode Island Riveters. Danson highlights the match and speaks to women on the Authorities about the importance of roller derby in their lives.

Jon Allen discusses how Olin Smith, who has specialized in making horror films, is making a film about a dog aimed at children. Allen highlights how Smith believes in moving away from his typical productions, and having to find revenues for a small film company.

Attempting to investigate paranormal activity at the Androscoggin Country Jail, Jeremy Thurlow and his friends are prepared to find any evidence of ghosts. Steven Emmons documents the investigation, discussing the work that goes into the investigation while in the field.

Due to industrial development and electric light, our night sky has begun to shrunk, making it difficult for people to view the stars. Ashley Cleek investigates how changes in the night sky impacts the circadian rhythm of animals and humans, which may be linked to breast cancer.

In the middle of the night, flyers promoting the KKK were dropped in the Sand Hill neighborhood of Augusta, ME. Reactions to the flyers have varied; some people were surprised, some outraged, while some took it in stride. I toured the Sand Hill neighborhood of Augusta to see how people were responding to the presence of hate in their community.

Portland, Maine's business tend to close up shop in the early evening. But the third shift and overnight workers of the peninsula are still hard at work. Here is a Saturday night when I got to meet a few of them.

A lot of goths become goths in high school, but those teenage years can be a blur of isolation, disappointment, heartbreak, and missed opportunities. In this piece, Trent Kay Maverick gets a second crack at “being cool in high school” by training to be a club dj at Plague, Portland’s weekly goth/industrial dance night.