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Community September 4, 2022

Calais renames Washington St. to “Assalamu Alaikum”

by Lacey Montague

In a bid to increase diversity in the small city of Calais, City Council voted to rename a residential street after an Arabic greeting meaning, “peace be upon you”.

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