Helen Sahadi For House District 45

(Burnham, Unity, Troy, Thorndike, Knox, Freedom, Montville and Palermo)

Helen has lived in Thorndike for 30 years. She attended Unity College and the University of Maine. She taught elementary and preschool. She currently owns and operates Heavenly Socks Yarns in Belfast, which she opened in 2003. She served on the MSAD #3 School Board for eight years, chairing the finance committee for six years, and is currently an active member of the Belfast Downtown Business Group. Last fall, she started a Web site -- Swimmaine.com -- in an effort to document swimming “trails,” to help swimmers experience Maine’s magnificent waters. She lives in Thorndike with her husband, and has three grown daughters.