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PublishedApril 18, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 18, narrated by Isaiah Harris
April 18, 1983: Foreshadowing her gold-medal triumph the following year at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics, Cape Elizabeth native Joan Benoit wins the Boston Marathon for the second time and notches a women’s world-record – 2:22:43. Greg Meyer of Michigan wins the men’s race that year, finishing at 2:09:00. After that, through 2020, only one […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 17, narrated by John Burstein
April 17, 2014: Aerospace engineer John C. Houbolt, who convinced NASA to use the lunar-orbit rendezvous method to land American astronauts on the moon, dies at 95 in Scarborough, where he has been living in retirement. Houbolt, who grew up in Iowa and Illinois, was the key figure in a rancorous, protracted behind-the-scenes debate in […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 16, narrated by Lois Lowry
April 16, 1778: Continental Army soldier William Bayley of Falmouth, which later became Portland, writes from George Washington’s Revolutionary War encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to his mother in Falmouth, saying he was sick with a fever but has recovered. According to historians’ estimates, 1,700 to 2,000 of Washington’s 12,000 soldiers die of illness, in […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Fewer than 550 still without power in Maine after two storms
About 530 customers were still without power as of 7 p.m. Wednesday evening after storms late last week and Monday.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 15, narrated by Michael Bourque
April 15, 1905: The U.S. War Department transfers ownership of the Kennebec Arsenal in Augusta from the federal government to the state. The arsenal, located on the eastern bank of the Kennebec River within sight of downtown Augusta, is the northernmost 19th-century U.S. arsenal and one of the best preserved. Eight granite structures built from […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 14, narrated by Brett Williams
April 14, 1905: Flames sweep through the business district in the York County village of Springvale, consuming two shoe factories, 20 commercial buildings and 15 residences. The fire begins in the W.R. Usher & Son boot and shoe factory’s boiler room and spreads rapidly. Local firefighting equipment proves inadequate to deal with the task. The […]
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
Portland may offer incentives to convert short-term rentals to long-term housing
Portland postponed the meeting when Monday’s storm threatened to knock out power.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 13, narrated by Patrice McCarron
April 13, 1976: President Gerald Ford signs the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, which affects Maine’s fishing industry directly. The law, which takes effect in 1977 and later is amended several times, establishes an exclusive fishing zone 200 miles out to sea from all U.S. coastlines. The law, which prescribes fishery management through […]
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PublishedApril 12, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 12, narrated by Katherine Joyce
April 12, 2019: Bernstein Shur, Maine’s largest law firm, picks a female chief executive officer for the first time. Joan Fortin assumes her new duties in January 2020. At the time of her selection, no woman holds the top job at Maine’s 15 largest law firms, according to a MaineBiz magazine annual survey. Bernstein Shur […]
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PublishedApril 11, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 11, narrated by Nancy Marshall
April 11, 1955: Former U.S. Rep. John Nelson, a Colby College trustee, dies in Augusta at the age of 80. While in Congress, Nelson, a Republican, drew notice for refusing to sign a committee report calling for denying citizenship to naturalized communists. A China native and Colby College and University of Maine School of Law […]
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