Marilyn and Herbert Stevens' home has been crashed into twice in the past year. With no home repairs yet, the elderly couple expect a long and cold winter.

A dog-sledding adventure in New Hampshire turns into the start of a new chapter in their lives.

The parents of a boy with autism work hard and wait patiently for their Habitat for Humanity project to be completed, giving their son a new home in Scarborough with the space to thrive.

Lou Haskell even timed his knee replacements so he'd recover in time for spring hunting season, and to his delight, bags a turkey on his first day out.

‘We're very blessed to be here,’ says Frances Smith, one of six 90-somethings who turn out with dozens of others every Monday for competition and camaraderie.

Thomaston boatbuilder Lyman-Morse celebrates the launch of a custom sailing yacht that was years in the making.

Katie Creedon of Buxton, who has frequent seizures and can't speak, had never had a big celebration, until her mother's Facebook post inspired others and she ended up with a roomful of people and happiness.

Two friends with a love of theater rehearse and support each other for months, culminating in performances in the musical 'Grease' with the end of senior year on the horizon for one.

Joey Harrigan, a senior at Portland High School, makes his professional debut as 'Famine' at a fundraiser to benefit programs to create safer schools for LGBT youths.

When the Maynards met Alden, he was anxious and couldn't focus. Two years later, the 3-year-old is in a courtroom, calm and entranced by balloons, as his new parents vow 'to be everything for him.'

Anthony Cipolle drifted away from his faith – had a family, jobs, 'lived like a rock star' – before discovering his calling in the Roman Catholic Church.

Years after an accident badly injured his brain, Joe Reidy, 24, expands on his therapy at a Lyman horse farm
 to chase para-equestrian dreams.

Every few months, Alan Dolloff or his son, Jim, will suggest it's time for a trim, continuing a tradition that started when Jim was 2.

Zoraida Cook, who was once bitten so badly she missed two days of work, walks her postal routes with an eye out – and repellent ready – for disgruntled canines.

Gena Kilkenny opened the market in Woolwich for its 40th anniversary season, and her mother was never far from her mind.

Aiming for something original, Katie McCabe enlisted her band – most of it, at least – to ask a friend to her senior prom.

Through snow, rain, sunshine and – this year – bitter cold, the members of Troop 1229 have become known in town for turning the annual sale into an event.

At an Iris Network program for people with vision impairment, Julie Voisine reclaims activities she once thought she would lose completely as she loses her sight.

Tired of shoveling? Hire these enterprising 11-year-olds.

Saco Police Chief Brad Paul signs off after 40 years with the department.

When Amy Starr, who is Jewish, fell in love with Matt Hartnett, who was raised Catholic, honoring their collective religious roots became the most important holiday tradition of all.

A grateful Abbas Marwan and his relatives register in Westbrook and count the days until they can exercise a precious right as U.S. citizens.

Attitude trumps loss of altitude as Steve Simonds of South Portland adds skydiving to his list of thrills.

After developing a tumor, Sam Koenigsberg, 33, is inspired to throw a birthday party bathed in purple.

Carl Anton's family grants him his final wish: To be buried the old-fashioned way – at home.

A Limerick family finds its newest member at an event with animal rescue organizations.

For decades, Pat Linhares had struggled with pitch deafness that she could ill afford to correct. Then came an unexpected donation.

A mother of four in Portland settles into a new couch and the prospect of a good night's sleep.

The Portland brewery sends off its latest year-round beer, Sixteen Counties, made mostly with Maine ingredients. But first, a taste.

Thirteen Scarborough residents put their names in after the holder of one of the town's 30 commercial shellfish licenses lets it lapse. And the winner may not use the license.

Duncan Blanchard, 8 – or some say 2 – parties with classmates on his extra-special occasion.

More than 20,000 people with special needs gathered at churches around the country for the Night to Shine, including at Eastpoint Christian Church in Portland.

The reigning champion in South Portland's annual event tries chowder, a gamble that costs her.

Raina Sparks, 13, wins the title she really cares about, closing out the competition with ‘punctuation.’

Tess Dolan of Cape Elizabeth, who started out as a sheep, plays Mary in her ninth year in the pageant.

A Westbrook couple longed for children, but this one came unexpectedly.

Natalie Domin, 13, sells her lamb at the 4-H auction, and for the first time buys a ewe to breed.

Five-year-old Nicholas Zaccaria had been watching his sibling do it for years, and when the time came, he didn't hesitate – much.