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Patrisha McLean is a nationally-exhibited photographer specializing in black and white portraits of children, and the author of "Maine Street," published by Down East Books in 2009. Her website is www.patrishamclean.com and she can be reached at patrishamclean@aol.com
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Working: Cindy Nelson
By Patrisha McLean - Apr 03The job description was preparing sandwiches and blueberry muffins at a neighborhood market in Camden. But Cindy blew that baker’s assistant ...
Working: Michele Cox
By Patrisha McLean - Feb 27Growing up in Laramie, Wyo., the highlight of the day for Michele Cox was mimicking the ballroom dancers on the Lawrence Welk TV show. Now in ...
Working: Ted Benner, Jr.
By Patrisha McLean - Feb 08Asked if he’s related to an elderly veteran in the area with the same last name, Ted Benner, Jr., said, “No, but I used to sell him potato chips ...
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Working: Pam Swartz
By Patrisha McLean - Jul 17“I’m just a really good listener,” said Pam Swartz, which is a good thing since her two careers have depended on it. “You always had customers who ...
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Working: Nellie Gentle
By Patrisha McLean - Jun 27Seven years ago, a family friend spotted Nelli Gentle at the cash register of a local art supply store. “It looks like you have energy to burn,” ...
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Working: Wayne Marshall
By Patrisha McLean - May 30One day the loons are calling and the lake is like glass and the next day Wayne Marshall is still cold in a turtleneck, flannel shirt, hoodie, ...
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Working: Ian Fleming
By Patrisha McLean - May 16“I never thought I’d have the job for nine years but here I am. Pretty weird.” So said Ian Fleming, who does just about everything there is to do ...
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Working: Liz Czak
By Patrisha McLean - Apr 24Muffin, Wally, Sasha and the rest trot out from their appointments, shiny, fluffy and smelling great, keeping to themselves what it took to get ...
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Working: Jim Smith
By Patrisha McLean - Apr 10“My whole life for all of those years was deadlines,” said Jim Smith, about his 40 years working for a local chain of newspapers. At the opposite ...
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Working: Kenneth Smith
By Patrisha McLean - Mar 15“Only one in the world,” Kenneth “Smitty” Smith said about the brass belt buckle that reads "McDonald’s." It reflects his current job as janitor ...
Working: John Blodgett
By Patrisha McLean - Mar 12What’s the difference between something that looks like an instrument and something that plays like an instrument? “A lot of work,” according to ...
Working: Brigitte Robinson
By Patrisha McLean - Feb 13Brigitte drove trucks as a reservist in the army. She ferried the handicapped and elderly to appointments in California. And she drove a school ...
'Where will they lean?'
By Patrisha McLean - Oct 23This photo sums up McDuck’s for me, especially if you notice the time on the clock — 10 past 5, and that’s a.m. A couple of years ago I spent ...
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Working: Tracie Thanh
By Patrisha McLean - Jul 04Tracie was a 21-year-old manicurist in Boston when she decided to open her own business. A client told her, “Maine is beautiful,” so “I drove all ...
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Working: Maureen Gordon
By Patrisha McLean - Jun 19Maureen Gordon happily taught Outward Bound classes to adults for 10 years and spent a year in the middle school (“We’ll skip that one,” she said ...
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Working: Fred Cullen
By Patrisha McLean - May 24Fred Cullen learned to appreciate art while keeping the public a respectable distance from it. This happened, in part, because “I got to know ...
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Working: Stell Shevis
By Patrisha McLean - May 09Stell and Shevis (each known by one name, her by her first and he by his last) have lived together and worked together as artists for more than 70 ...
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Working: Richard Frost
By Patrisha McLean - Apr 19“I love the beauty of it because it’s so simple. I give you money, you pay me back.” That’s how Richard Frost describes the work he does in ...
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Working: Dan Heydon
By Patrisha McLean - Mar 22For Dan Heydon, saying goodbye to his wife for four months a year is the worst part of his job. The best? “I don’t have to put up with anybody ...
