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    February 27, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 27

    Feb. 27, 1813: The commonwealth of Massachusetts, of which Maine is still a part, establishes the Maine Literary and Theological Institution in Waterville. It becomes Waterville College in 1821; Colby University, to honor major donor Gardiner Colby, in 1867; and finally Colby College in 1889. In 1871 the school becomes the first all-male college or […]

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    February 26, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 26

    Feb. 26, 1972: Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, D-Maine, defends his wife in a speech he delivers during a snowstorm outside the offices of the Manchester Union Leader while campaigning for the March 7 New Hampshire presidential primary. The newspaper’s editor, William Loeb, had printed an article accusing Muskie’s wife, Jane, of drunkenness and using off-color […]

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    February 25, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 25

    Feb. 25, 1791: The Massachusetts General Court approves a petition for the incorporation of the town of Bangor, which, like the rest of Maine, is part of Massachusetts. The new town has about 170 residents. The Rev. Seth Noble traveled to Boston to incorporate the town as Sunbury but either changed his mind or misspoke, […]

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    February 24, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 24

    Feb. 24, 1827: Maine Gov. Enoch Lincoln signs a bill determining that beginning Jan. 1, 1832, “the permanent seat of government shall be established at Augusta.” The bill makes Augusta the state’s capital city, replacing Portland, which became the capital when Maine achieved statehood in 1820. The bill, the latest of several on the subject, […]

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    February 23, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 23

    Feb. 23, 2009: A brief but intense storm dumps heavy, wet snow across much of Maine, knocking out electrical power to about 130,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers. The storm hits the Brunswick area particularly hard, prompting Gov. John Baldacci to go there to see the damage firsthand. By that evening, more than half of […]

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    February 22, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 22

    Feb. 22, 1864: The three-masted steamer Bohemian, bound from Liverpool, England, to Portland, strikes Alden’s Rock, a ledge near Cape Elizabeth, at night in a dense haze. The accident kills 42 people, including two crew members. The ship, an iron vessel owned by the Ocean Steamship Co. of Montreal, was carrying 219 passengers, most of […]

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    February 21, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 21

    Feb. 21, 1885: The Washington Monument, built with a core of granite quarried in Maine, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. Construction on the monument began in 1848 but was suspended for 23 years for a variety of reasons, including the Civil War. Maine also supplied granite used in many other prominent late-19th-century construction projects, including […]

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    February 20, 2020

    Man pleads guilty to gun possession after Walmart threat in Maine

    Jeremy Rogers, who was arrested in Rockport, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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    February 20, 2020

    Shooting at Scarborough Walmart remains under investigation

    Ryan Townsend of Saco remains hospitalized nearly a week after the shooting on Feb. 14.

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    February 19, 2020

    On this date in Maine history: Feb. 19

    Feb. 19, 1988: In the final two minutes of the Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball championship game at the Bangor Auditorium, Ellsworth High School senior Tim Scott scores 13 points in 58 seconds, leading the Eagles to a 65-64 victory. The fourth-seeded Eagles’ opponent is third-seeded Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln. After Scott’s 13-point run, […]