The Bowdoin College Class of 1825 is revered as the greatest in the school’s history for its many legendary graduates. Yet, despite his later distinction, one of those American legends was nearly expelled. Future novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, perhaps best known for “The Scarlett Letter,” spent most of his youth traipsing around the family summer home […]
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Brick Store Museum hits a home run with historical summer fun
The Kennebunk museum’s summer calendar kicks off with a vintage baseball game in July.
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Stories from Maine: When the president visited the ‘Queen’ in Topsham
The decade of the 1960s was filled with turmoil. A conflict no one had wanted escalated in southeast Asia, while a domestic war over civil rights raged on here at home. The hippie-driven, flower-power movement of peace and love mellowed many, while the contrast of brutal assassinations of America’s leaders was maddening. And while Madison […]
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Stories from Maine: The unmerciful end of a rope
In the late night hours of Monday, Sept. 3, 1883, while most were asleep in the city of Bath, a history-making tragedy was about to occur on Broad Street. Two men, lurking in the evening shadows of the Commercial Wharf, began to pry and finagle their way into the D.C. Gould Chandlery, a general store. […]
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Stories from Maine: And the curtain goes up
When Victoria Crandall discovered the Pickard Theater, she fell in love. When she realized it wasn’t used in summer months, she had an epiphany, one which has grown into a true Midcoast legacy. Crandall had spent 12 years on Broadway, working as a concert pianist and an accompanist, with stage legends such as Ethel Merman […]
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Stories from Maine: A ‘conqueror’ visits Brunswick
It was almost 3 p.m. on a stiflingly hot Aug. 2 in 1865 when a steam-driven train slowly chugged its way to a stop at the train depot in Brunswick. A large crowd gathered, replete with a local band, dignitaries from the state of Maine, the town of Brunswick and many of the students, faculty […]
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For adventure fans, a rollicking true tale on the high seas
Set in the 19th-century Falkland Islands, ‘Left for Dead’ recounts a fateful encounter between an American vessel, a shipwrecked British brig and a British warship.
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Stories from Maine: Brunswick’s forgotten governor
Brunswick is the home of three former Maine governors: Joshua L. Chamberlain (32nd) and Angus King (72nd) are both well known. However, most have forgotten the first man of Brunswick elected to the top office in the state, serving as Maine’s 11th chief executive. On Aug 17, 1794, more than 26 years before Maine’s statehood, […]
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A Window on the Past: Gideon Burbank, veteran and longtime resident of the Willard neighborhood
We covered Ezekiel Wescott last week, captain of Company I of the 25th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Let’s take a look this week at local resident Gideon Burbank, who served in Wescott’s company during the Civil War. Gideon Hatch Burbank was born in Hiram, Maine, in 1825 or 1826, the son of Israel and Rhoda Hatch […]
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A Window on the Past: The Emery family and the mill at Mill Creek
When we looked at the Marean family last week, we noted that, in 1848, Joshua and William Marean had purchased an estimated 80 acres of land in Knightville along with “one half of the grist mill and privilege belonging to said mill.” This is the mill that used to operate at Mill Cove (next to […]