Has Maine changed in your lifetime?

Moody'sThat’s the primary topic on the new edition of our TV Talk Show, Wildfire, cohosted by James Cote and me. Our guest is Shawn Moody, an amazing entrepreneur and business/community leader.

Moody Collision Centers is a major sponsor of Wildfire, and I have admired Shawn’s commitment to Maine since I met him during his campaign for governor 6 years ago. I’ve mentioned him often in my talks, including the fact that he is the only Mainer to serve on the Boards of both the Community Colleges and the University of Southern Maine – and he didn’t go to college. That tells you a lot about the man.

I spoke to the Portland Rotary in July, in a speech focused on how our outdoor activities, including hunting and fishing, have changed in my lifetime. We talked with Shawn about that, but expanded the topic to include a lot of other things that have changed in Maine in the last 65 years. I think you will really enjoy this show.

Each edition of Wildlife is aired on Time Warner cable station 9 on Tuesdays at 7 pm, Thursdays at 6:30 pm, and Sundays at 9:30 am. Each edition airs for two weeks. You can also access the show, including previous shows, online at www.vstv.me.

George Smith

About George Smith

George stepped down at the end of 2010 after 18 years as the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to write full time. He writes a weekly editorial page column in the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel, a weekly travel column in those same newspapers (with his wife Linda), monthly columns in The Maine Sportsman magazine, two outdoor news blogs (one on his website, georgesmithmaine.com, and one on the website of the Bangor Daily News), and special columns for many publications and newsletters. Islandport Press published a book of George's favorite columns, "A Life Lived Outdoors" in 2014. In 2014, George also won a Maine Press Association award for writing the state's bet sports blog. In 2016, Down East Books published George's book, Maine Sporting Camps, and Islandport Press published George and his wife Linda's travel book, Take It From ME, about their favorite Maine inns and restaurants.