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Call of the Wild

2020 IS THE year Maine turns 200. In July 1819, the territory that is now Maine voted for statehood, and in March 1820, as part of the Maine-Missouri Compromise, it became the 23rd state in the U.S. Its historic birthday being cause for celebration, the northernmost state on the East Coast launched Maine200, a bicentennial fete with a slew of special programs and community get-togethers. Unexpectedly, the global pandemic put much of Maine200’s spring and early summer programming on

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