We’ve been looking at some of the early families who lived along Highland Avenue in the 1800s. Deacon Daniel Anthoine lived near the top of Anthoine Street and his neighbor, John D. Buzzell, lived near the top of Scamman Street, across from where Hinckley Park is today. Let’s take a look this week at Buzzell’s […]
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A Window on the Past: Hiram Hamilton, stone sloop captain
We briefly mentioned Capt. Hiram Hamilton in this column two weeks ago; his wife was a daughter of Deacon Daniel Anthoine, the farmer who had a homestead farm on Highland Avenue, near the intersection of Anthoine Street. Let’s take a closer look at Captain Hamilton and the dangerous life of early captains and sailors […]
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Bedside table: Neanderthals were a lot smarter than we think
Book recommendations from readers.
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Pattie Boyd’s trove of treasures from her life with Eric Clapton and George Harrison nets $3.6 million
The collection, which went on public display at Christie’s London headquarters last Friday, provided a glimpse into the heart of the 1960s and 70s counterculture.
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Historical association to host lecture on history of Black sailors in Lincoln County
Lincoln County Historical Association is hosting an online lecture presented by Korrine Tanzer about Black sailors of the 18th and 19th centuries. The lecture, titled “Good Grit: Black Sailors of Lincoln County,” is at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14. Tanzer, a blogger who focuses on maritime, Maine and queer history, will discuss a few of […]
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Brunswick to host 20th annual celebration of Maine poet Longfellow
Readings, a book launch and a Bowdoin a cappella concert are among the events to look forward to next month in Brunswick.
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Democracy is imperiled, historian Heather Cox Richardson writes in her new book
Its fate is up to us. Her latest book, ‘Democracy Awakening,’ is cogent and persuasive. It should be required reading.
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Book review: A Chamberlain tome you can’t put down
I purchased an amazing new book entitled “On Great Fields, The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,” by Ronald C. White. The bookstore on the campus of Bowdoin College has a large display of the book, which brought it to my attention. It is an extensive history of Gen. Chamberlain from his […]
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Lewiston native who saved 1963 UPI news teletype recalls aftermath of Kennedy shooting
Richard Fortier held onto a partial UPI teletype from a local radio station, which details the minutes immediately following the news that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
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Exterior work well underway at Westbrook’s historic Harris House
Work is on the right track to be completed for the opening next fall.