(AP) — Phylis Allen spends her days looking for things. She searches for potatoes at Sam’s Club, cheap beets and ginger at Walmart and a local grocery store. She studies the weekly inventory from Good Shepherd, Maine’s only food bank, for good deals on butter and cheese.

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- Hispanic Heritage feature stories inside

- City endorses two grant applications

- Hospital roof repairs underway

- Two recent cases of rabid skunks found

- Moore among group in D.C.

Mario Martinez looks over some paperwork before he starts his day at Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

Heritage and history plays a big part in people’s lives around the world. For Clinton’s Mario Martinez it is no different, as he takes immense pride in his Mexican heritage as he celebrates it with his family in the past, present and future.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A map drafted centuries ago as Spanish settlers solidified their presence in what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States has been returned to the Mexican government, marking the end of a yearslong effort to bring the historic document home.

Hispanic and Latino individuals comprise one of the largest demographics in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau indicates that, as of 2020, there were more than 60 million people identifying as Hispanic or Latino living in the country.

(AP) – Before there was National Hispanic Heritage Month, there was Hispanic Heritage Week, which was created through legislation sponsored by Mexican American U.S. Rep Edward R. Roybal of Los Angeles and signed into law in 1968 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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