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My Maine Stories
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Warming Oceans
by David Reidmiller, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The rate of warming in the Gulf of Maine is faster than that of more than 95% of the world’s oceans
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This Girl Loves Seaweed
by Marianne
Marianne played with seaweed as a child now she collects photos of others with seaweed.
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Sarah Redmond Seaweed Farmer
by Sarah Redmond
Sarah explains the importance of seaweed and how she became a seaweed farmer
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My career working at Pepperell Mills in the Vellux Division
by David Bishop
My 35 years working in the Vellux blanket division of Pepperell Mills, Biddeford.
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Water is Music
by P Leone
Throughout her life water has played an important part
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The tradition of lobstering
by Sadie Samuels
I learned to fish from my Dad and will lobster the rest of my life
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What does a warming climate mean for Maine?
by David Reidmiller
Climate change affects all aspects of life. What does this mean for Maine?
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Portland cuisine supports health in West Africa
by Maria Cushing
I present Portuguese inspired food to fundraise for Amigos de Mente
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Biddeford and Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame Award recipient
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
With options to be a college French professor, became a lawyer, mayor, DA & District Court Judge
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Jennie Aranovitch - honoring family legacy and Jewish identity
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Her great-grandparents journey from Belarus through current day Jewish experience in Biddeford.
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Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
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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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My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes
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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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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR