I was very pleased to read the Aug. 31 op-ed by Steve Collins about being “from away.” As a five-year resident of Scarborough, I have found that, very often, people tell me I am “from away.”
My husband and I chose to move to this area because our family is living in Maine. We are not from Mars! We moved here from Michigan!
I hope that — at some point — people will stop referring to me as “from away” and think of me as a Maine citizen.
Edith Wacksman
Scarborough
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