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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 23
Jan. 23, 2018: Selectmen in the town of Jackman, near the Canadian border, fire Town Manager Tom Kawczynski, who they said compromised the town’s image by publicly advocating racial segregation and condemning Islam. Four days earlier, news reports identified Kawczynski, an Arizona native, as the founder and leader of New Albion, a pro-white group that […]
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 22
Jan. 22, 1981: Belgian-born novelist and essayist Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987), having lived for more than three decades in relative obscurity on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, attends a ceremony in Paris at which she becomes the first woman inducted into the prestigious Académie Française. Yourcenar is known best as the author of the novels “Memoirs of […]
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 21
Jan. 21, 1833: In Winthrop, Ezekiel Holmes (1801-1865) publishes the first issue of a long-running newspaper that eventually will become known as the Maine Farmer. Kennebec Journal co-founder Russell Eaton buys the newspaper in 1844 and moves it to Augusta, where it operates for another eight decades. Holmes, dubbed “the father of Maine agriculture,” also […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 20
Jan. 20, 1998: Central Maine Power Co. submits to federal officials a report estimating that the cost of restoring electrical power to about 632,000 Maine residents who lost it in a regionwide ice storm would reach $55 million. The amount is more than double the $25 million figure the company cited on Jan. 12, five days […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 19
Jan. 19, 1929: The National Park Service changes the name of Lafayette National Park, on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, to Acadia National Park. The park became a public land preserve in 1916 as Sieur de Monts National Monument. When it was elevated to national park status in 1919, it took the name “Lafayette” in honor […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Longtime Toy Fund supporters remember Bruce Roberts
South Portland-based Unity Lodge #3 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows donates $500.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 18
Jan. 18, 2012: In Augusta, Capitol Police Chief Russell Gauvin reports that a new security checkpoint at the west entrance of the State House is complete and operational. Workers at that entrance run scanning machines similar to those found in airports. The public no longer is able to enter the State House through any of the […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 17
Jan. 17, 2002: Fire severely damages buildings on Main Street in Lincoln. Three days later, a second fire breaks out. The two blazes combined wipe out a quarter of the Penobscot County town’s business district, including the three-story Lake Mall, and displace 10 businesses. Firefighters ultimately contain both fires and save other downtown businesses. The […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Messy storm disrupts travel and shuts down schools, Legislature
The wet, heavy snow that mixed with rain along the coast Thursday to create slick and slushy roads was expected to leave cold, blustery conditions Friday before another round of snow over the weekend.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 16
Jan. 16, 2009: Realist painter Andrew Wyeth dies in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, his birthplace, at age 91 after a 70-year career. He later is buried near his summer home in South Cushing, Maine, where he once observed Christina Olson (1893-1968) shuffling slowly up a hill toward her home, using her hands to propel herself because […]
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