In June, 1946, the property was purchased from George Hamilin's son, Henry, by newlyweds Laurence and Jean Voter and VoterVale Farm was born.

Laurence had been born and raised on a neighboring farm.  Jean was from Industry, Maine.  Together they raised four children and worked hard to make a living from the land.  Over the years, they grew vegetables for commercial processors, raised dairy cows, and later moved to beef cattle.

Gram and Gramp, as they were know to us, believed in hard work, family, and doing the right thing. That said, they certainly weren't saints.  We're still dealing with some of Gramp's repairs that were "good enough".

Darren & I were high school sweethearts (yeh, tacky I know).  We grew up only a few miles from each other and yet, after attending college, we were ready to leave Franklin County forever and take on the world.  We moved to New Jersey then back to southern Maine for a few years.  While we met many interesting people and learned a lot in the process,  in 1999 we decided that the only place that we wanted to raise our children was right here.  I still remember the day when we were looking for a house and I suggested to Darren that we purchase "the farm".  He thought I was completely crazy - maybe insanity is contagious because that is exactly what we ended up doing (with no intention of actually farming).

We were fortunate to have moved into the house while Gram and Gramp were still here to share their knowledge with us and build relationships with our children.

The farming part has grown since then (as has our family).  It seems a shame to have this small piece of heaven and not use the natural resources around us and there is no better way for the kids to learn the basic values of family and hard work.  It seems that we have followed a long, windy road only to end up back where we began.  It seems that this is exactly where we were meant to be!