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PublishedMay 4, 2020
On this date in Maine history: May 4
May 4, 1837: The Maine schooner Susan departs from the harbor in Savannah, Georgia, where the ship stopped for repairs. The crew apparently is unaware that a slave named Atticus, trained as a ship’s carpenter, has sneaked aboard to escape from his masters, James and Henry Sagurs. Atticus comes out of hiding once the ship […]
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PublishedMay 3, 2020
Veterans lost to COVID-19 at Scarborough veterans home
Joseph Zagrosky, 68, of South Berwick died April 15. He served 10 years in the Air Force before getting an electrical engineering degree at Penn State and becoming supervisor of a nuclear section at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Francis “Mike” Hugo, 83, of Brunswick died April 16. He was a demolitions expert in the Marine Corps […]
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PublishedMay 3, 2020
On this date in Maine history: May 3
May 3, 1903: Nearly all of Kennebunk’s business district is wiped out in a three-hour fire of unknown origin that starts in the town’s four-story, wooden, electric lighting station. The loss includes the lighting station, two mills, five business blocks, two tenement buildings and seven other wooden buildings. The burned buildings cover an area of […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2020
On this date in Maine history: May 2, narrated by Penny Overton
May 2, 2018: The Maine Legislature overrides Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that would bring about the sale of recreational marijuana, which voters decided to legalize under state law in a November 2016 referendum. The House votes 109-39 and the Senate, 28-6 to secure the bill’s final passage. The next step is the […]
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
On this date in Maine history: May 1
May 1, 2008: Rising rivers throughout northeastern Maine and northwestern New Brunswick drive area residents out, force bridge closures and submerge many businesses and homes in the worst inundation in living memory, caused by 5 inches of rain and a rapidly melting snowpack. The Aroostook River in Masardis crests at 18.33 feet, a record level. […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
When can I go to a library again? Who has to quarantine for 14 days and what does that mean?
Part of an occasional series answering readers’ questions about Maine. Q: I haven’t found where libraries fall into the state’s reopening plan. When can they reopen? A: Libraries are one of the many business and service sectors not listed anywhere in the reopening plan, so you are not the only one who is perplexed. Generally, […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 30, narrated by Chandler Corriveau
April 30, 1911: The Great Fire of 1911 begins in a hay shed on Broad Street in downtown Bangor. Over two days, the fire ravages the city’s core on both sides of Kenduskeag Stream, destroying 285 homes, 100 businesses, the public high school, two fire stations, six churches and a synagogue. The city library burns […]
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Answers to some of the many questions prompted by the reopening plan
For example, is a pub a restaurant or a bar, and when can it open? And, will the 14-day tourist quarantine really last all summer?
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 29, narrated by Judy Meyer
April 29, 2013: Arson destroys three buildings in downtown Lewiston, depriving 75 people of a place to live. The fires are the first of three cases of arson within a week in the center of Lewiston, keeping residents on edge as police try to figure out who committed the crimes. In all three instances, the […]
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 28, narrated by Heath Miller
April 28, 1780: Brig. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, Revolutionary War commander of the American forces fighting the British in Maine, writes a letter describing the deplorable condition of his troops. Maine still is part of Massachusetts then. Wadsworth’s letter is addressed to the Massachusetts Council, the upper chamber of the Provincial Congress. In it, he says […]
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