Joanne Santee, 78
Unless you’ve lived on an island, you can never know what it’s like, both the push and the pull. Joanne Santee was born on North Haven Island off the coast of Rockland, Maine. She spent most of her childhood living elsewhere, moving from place to place. But the pull was always there for her and that’s why when she had her own family, they would spend summers on North Haven.
Joanne and her husband Larry built a grocery store, which she ran for several years until Larry passed away. For the past several years, she has lived down south. Now 78 and struggling with health issues, she has returned to North Haven to live out the rest of her life. What made it possible is a beautiful elder care facility called Southern Harbor House that opened the beginning of this year. It is now home to Joanne and other islanders who are aging and need some extra help and care.
Listen to my conversation with Joanne
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