maine history
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Maine Voices: Portland won’t thrive if it can’t balance progress and preservation
One of the biggest challenges we face is how to preserve the integrity of our historic districts while we continue to grow and diversify.
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PublishedMay 1, 2021
Commentary: Honor Olympia Snowe’s legacy by naming Portland Custom House after her
This would be a fitting recognition that reminds generations of Mainers to come about the vital work she undertook to help Maine.
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PublishedApril 8, 2021
Insight: Anti-Asian violence is nothing new in Maine
Since arriving in America, people of Asian descent have been a target of discrimination, harassment and violence, even here in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2021
Maine Voices: Portland Chamber should apologize for working with KKK in 1923 to create city charter
The chamber must face the impact of its actions on marginalized communities and not use its outsize influence to sway the Charter Commission campaign.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2021
Two hundred years on, a medical book finally sees the light of day
Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates 'Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,' an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2021
Maine Voices: Irish brothers from Machias fought, won Revolution’s first naval battle
Two months after Minutemen routed English troops, the six O’Briens seized three invading vessels in ‘the Lexington of the Sea.’
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PublishedMarch 14, 2021
In 1939, Portland chef George Miller was crowned Maine’s Chowder King
And that's just for starters. More than 80 years later, his descendents tell all about Miller's glorious victory for New England-style clam chowder.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2021
A trio of Maine-themed books to celebrate Maine’s 200th birthday-plus-one
Chickadees, Chester and chowder – all present and accounted for.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2021
Maine Voices: Portland proclamation controversy points to need to keep learning from history
With historians providing insight, contention over monuments, statues and historical commemoration can broaden our understanding of the past.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2021
Which type of clam chowder is best? The debate is alive and well
For decades, New England partisans – and don't forget New Yorkers – have debated the matter, bickering over specifications like cream, tomatoes, salt pork and roux.
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