All posts by RJ Heller
Fond memories of classmates and teachers
Classmates and teachers we have known are like chapters in a big book of life we carry. On some of the pages are interactions or relationships we might have had with any of them: a hug, a smile, a stern look, laughter, tears, winning ways, some losses, love and breakups, friends, foes, mentors and icons. […]
A eulogy for wild spaces — hopefully not
A Valentine tribute to a couple’s devotion
Time and place lost in today’s world
Imagining island life
The creak is a distinctive sound— wooden oars kiss the oarlocks, wood rubs green bronze and squeals before it settles into a silent groove. A stroke, pause, water drips and then another stroke. Head moves side-to-side, wary and cautious. A cadence forms between boat and rower. The trip across the water varies in time, dependent […]
Every Christmas tree tells a story
Turkey Trot 5K race continues a legacy
The second annual Addison Coty Memorial Turkey Trot 5K was held November 16 in Robbinston, with proceeds going to support a memorial scholarship fund. The fund is in memory of Robbinston native Addison Coty, who lost his life in an automobile accident in July 2018. “In his short 18 years he made a huge impact […]
Smaller the town, the grander the celebration
Machiasport thinks big for Maine 200
“It just takes an idea to build something upon,” says Marcia Hayward, town clerk for the Machiasport. Her sentiment is the foundation of a plan to convert 27 acres of land, located behind the town office and fire department, into a recreational space affording activities for young and old in Machiasport. “We are just beginning, […]