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My Maine Stories
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The future of potato growing
by Dan Blackstone
Informed by six generations of potato farming
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Growing up on a potato and dairy farm
by Paula Woodworth
Life growing up and working on a potato and dairy farm was hard work but fun in Aroostook County.
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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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My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
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Valeda Couture: a mother’s view on immigration of her children
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Quebec farm life and a mother’s experience when 7 of her 12 children move to Biddeford.
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Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber
Farming oysters in Casco Bay
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A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn
The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.
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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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Sarah Redmond Seaweed Farmer
by Sarah Redmond
Sarah explains the importance of seaweed and how she became a seaweed farmer
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Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila
Animal agriculture's ties to climate change
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Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
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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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My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
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My Italian grandparents and visiting their homeland
by Sherry Judd
A story about my Italian ancestors in Maine and how I found my family in Italy.
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Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.
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Nicole Morin-Scribner: living the dreams of her immigrant parent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A 6-year-old immigrant makes the most of her opportunities while staying connected to her roots
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The man who dedicated 52 years to Biddeford's iconic Alex Pizza
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A work ethic learned from his parents and passion for the employees and customers of Alex Pizza.
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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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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
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Sam Smithwick:From Southern rock star to local community builder
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Sam found his home in Maine and dedicates his talents to the growth of our evolving community.
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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
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My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes