Joan and Ted Bromage of Mount Desert with trustee Nancy Cline of Falmouth.

Mark Crasnick and Judi Stevens of Falmouth with trustee Charles Stanhope of Southwest Harbor.

Derek Veilleux of Portland and Ron Hunt of sponsor Bangor Savings Bank.

William Hall of Peaks Island and Candice Lee of Portland.

Zach Smith, Tara Smith Vighetti, Emily Smith, Dottie Smith and Lance Smith of honoree Smith's Farm.

Honoree Sam Hayward, chef/owner of Fore Street Restaurant, with Jan Hayward of Bowdoinham.

Vicki Mann, Dorie Barber and David Barber, representing Barber Foods.

Maine Historical Society Executive Director Steve Bromage with board chair Joe Gray.

Hannaford vice president of marketing Maile Buker, Maine Historical Society trustee Kathryn Smith of Freeport and Betsy Roper of Freeport.

Rusty Atwood, Maine Historical staff members Kathy Amoroso and Gail Dodge, and Sue Atwood of Gorham.

Donnie Lucas, Kelly Geary Lucas, Carolyn Geary and honoree David L. Geary.

James Herbert, president of the University of New England, with Rory Strunk of O'Maine Studios, Lynn Brandsma of University of New England and Varun Avesthi of Sodexo.

Maine Historical Society trustees Jean Gulliver and Meredith Strang Burgess with host committee member Althea Bennett McGirr.

Charles Beckell of Arundel and Mark Dvorozniak of Cape Elizabeth.

Connie Goulatis of Girl Scouts of Maine with Julie White of Portland.

Alan and Robin Lapoint, owners of Geary's since December 2017.

The Black Box during the grand opening party on Nov. 2. Tenants of Portland's first retail-ready shipping container development, located on Washington Avenue, include The Cheese Shop of Portland, North Optical, Campfire Studios + Mulxiply, Evangeline Linens, and All Those Who Wander Specialty Coffee Shop. The Black Box's mission is to support small business owners in testing their products or services to a new market for the first time.

Elena Duralde and Nanetter Tanner from Knickerbocker Group touring The Black Box.

John-Henry and Cynthia Mlyniec, co-owners of All Those Who Wander, flanked by Parlor Coffee owners AJ Walzer, left, Dillon Edwards, right.

James Morin, Cait Bourgault, Chris Wilson and Britney Kelly at the event hosted by L.L. Bean with five Maine craft breweries to celebrate their partnership and the release of outdoor-inspired small-batch beer and Bean's small-batch Bean Boots.

Abe Furth of Orono Brewing Co. tries on a pair of limited-edition Bean Boots.

Conference panelist Nafviso Ali of South Portland and Mana Abdi of Lewiston.

Ben Okafor with his wife, Trailblazer Angela Okafor.

Deqa Dhalac, candidate for the City Council in South Portland, and Fowsia Musse, executive director of Maine Community Integration.

Rosemarie DeAngelis of South Portland with Ruweda Ali of Portland.

Gloria Paca and Leonora Cabral, asylees from Namibia.

Conference director Ghomri Rostampour, a Kurdish immigrant, with Hooria Mayeed of Portland.

Shima Kabirigi, Andrea Berry and Kristin Hebert of Maine Initiatives.

Speaker of the Maine House Sara Gideon and Trailblazer Ekhlas Ahmed.

Conference founder Mufalo Chitam, Gail Kezer of Brunswick and Trailblazer Zam Zam Mohamud.

Kara (Scarecrow) and Dan Casey (Tin Man) with Lilyann (Lion) at the event to benefit Birth Roots Community supported parenting center.

Dr. David Jacobson of Two Lights Dental in Cape Elizabeth buzzed over with wife, Phoebe, and son, Theo.

Justin Sandver (Willy Wonka), Sara Fales (Violet Beauregard) and Henry (Oompa Loompa) enjoyed the toddler-friendly event.

Nancy Roman, Sandy Morrell Rooney, and Rebecca Launer, Bath Savings Institution. The benefit auction was sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association.

Debora King, Brunswick Downtown Association executive director, Elaine Fletcher, wife of Mike Fletcher, Ray Labbe & Sons, and Bob Walton of Ray Labbe & Sons at the event at The Daniel Hotel in Brunswick.