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My Maine Stories
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Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market
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Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path
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An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
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Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
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Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
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Decontie and Brown's venture in high fashion design
by Decontie and Brown
Penobscot haute couture designs from Bangor
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Eighteen and Out!
by Peter and Rebecca Merrill
How we found our way back to Maine.
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
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I never thought I would work at a paper mill.
by Greg Bizier
I love science and managed the lab for International Paper's Otis Mill for 31 years.
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Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society
Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge
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Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune
A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.
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My 41 year career in Maine paper mills
by Mike Luciano
Generations of paper workers, families, immigrants, jobs in the mill, labor strikes, and changes
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My family and Malaga Island
by Charmagne Tripp
The state of Maine evicted all residents of Malaga Island in 1912.
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Rematriation
by Alivia Moore
Our shared future for all people in Wabanakiyik calls us to rematriate.
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Somali Bantu farmers put down roots in Maine
by Muhidin D. Libah
Running the Somali Bantu Community Association and finding food security in Maine
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Surprise Preacher in Corinna
by Sarah Mount Elewononi
What the wife of Rev. Wright did when she found out she was expected to preach on short notice.
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The best lobster roll in Maine!
by Debbie Gagnon
The history of Red's Eats and the recipe for our famous Lobster Rolls
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The future of potato growing
by Dan Blackstone
Informed by six generations of potato farming
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The stories my parents told
by Henry Gartley
Stories from my immigrant parents, WWII, and my love of history.
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Two generations tell the family's Paper story
by Normand and Richard Paradis
Father and son discuss their lives working for International Paper and changes over time
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Wabanaki Fashion
by Decontie & Brown
Keeping the spirit and memories of our ancestors alive through fashion and creativity
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We Are An Ordinary Family
by Catherine
Maine's abolitionists offer an answer to my questions about my family's experiences.
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What Maine Means to Me
by Nicolette B. Meister
How a friendship created a lifelong love of Maine.