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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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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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Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates ‘Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,’ an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.
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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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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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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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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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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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Marble bust of powerful 19th century Mainer damaged by mob at U.S. Capitol last month
A curator is taking steps to repair the marble bust of former U.S. House Speaker Thomas Reed of Maine.
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Black History Month: Maine’s Black history should not be forgotten
Three exceptional Mainers and their families helped shape the state and the nation as we know it today.