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Betsy Wish is one of those people you could affectionately refer to as a local character. The cookbook features uniquely Maine dishes.

‘A missing piece:’ Maine’s connections to slavery are hidden in plain sight Largely left out of history books or minimized as an insignificant footnote, slavery remains a nearly hidden aspect of the history of Maine. Share Bob Greene teaches the Black history of Maine at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer In July of 1750, a short notice appeared in a Boston newspaper calling for help finding an enslaved man who had ...