Dear Main Street readers,
As soon as we finished the first Main Street magazine last spring, new names for people we wish we had interviewed began popping up. Students realized we could do the project for 100 years running and still have plenty of interesting characters left to profile. This year's journalism class began brainstorming a list of Saco legends this winter and then set out to record interviews with them and write a story. The journalism class began the process, but the product is very much the result of the collaboration of the photography and publication classes as well.

Jennifer Camire, a journalism student who also was a great help in final editing wrote: "Main Street means a lot to me, there's my mechanic who fixed my transmission a couple of months ago, there's my doctor from when I was younger ( I only wish the story had included his magic tricks — he used to roll up his sleeves and pull a handkerchief out of his hand, I liked that one even when I was very sick!), there's my seventh grade history teacher, there's the headmaster of my school, there's my family and our business. I've lived in Saco all my life so I know many of the people that were profiled; they are great people and I think it's important to get it right. This publication is especially meaningful to me now, since I'll be leaving this special, little place next year for the big city of Boston. I hope that other people will be able to read this magazine and feel the same kind of pride and connection; my guess is they will."

Jen's reflection on creating Main Street keenly reflects the unique connectedness of the Saco community. The juniors and seniors who worked on the project had a chance to get to know their town intimately through the eyes of one person. How lucky they are to have a sense so young of the special community they are a part of here. They now better understand what they may be leaving, and can look fondly ahead to the day they will return home.