By Abigail Curtis

Goodbye, Columbus. Belfast city councilors voted this week at a regular meeting to do away with the name Columbus Day and to replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day, making the midcoast city the first municipality in the state to rename the holiday.

"If we act, our town can be a beacon for the rest of Maine and New England," Belfast resident Diane Oltarzewski told councilors Tuesday night. "Though the Columbus holiday is only a symbol, it is a painful one. How much better to replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day, as has been the case in many cities and towns across the country ... let's never forget who was here first. It's time we let the world know what we value and where we stand."

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