Filling A Faraway Niche. Even in Maine, Latinos’ Future Affects Economy

Posted on: April 8th, 2006
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“MILBRIDGE, Maine — The little round fruit that’s scooped up with rakes. The hulking, knobby-kneed animal that wanders onto the road at night. The slimy sea creature, slick as an eel, that’s cut open and scraped out for $1.75 per pound of meat.

These are three touchstones of life for Spanish-speaking immigrants in this seaside town, and an illustration of how new their life here really is. All three are things that they simply didn’t have words for back home.”

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