The debate over canned versus fresh cranberry sauce continues to rage across holiday food-laden tables.
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These 5 holiday displays will take you back in time
Learn about traditions of Christmases past at historic homes and sites in southern Maine.
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This Maine cook gets into the season with a steamed pudding worthy of Dickens
The old-fashioned technique has largely fallen from favor, but the cooking is very forgiving and the results incredibly moist.
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A disregarded object gets (more than?) its due in ‘Rope’
Cape Elizabeth writer Tim Queeney looks at the everyday tool through time, from Neanderthal to Mars exploration.
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In Wabanaki communities, giving thanks is common. But the holiday is complicated.
Tribal governments give away hundreds of turkeys each November.
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How Mainers celebrated Thanksgiving 100 years ago
Local newspapers detailed many aspects of Thanksgiving 1925, from sales on food to social gatherings across Maine.
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Travel back in time with Kennebunk museum’s online history tour
The Brick Store Museum’s new digital story map allows viewers to explore the town’s history from the comfort of home.
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She found an old photo, then reimagined her grandmother’s life
With ‘Indignity,’ Lea Ypi rescues her Albanian forebear, who grew up in the Ottoman Empire, from the flattening bureaucratic archives.
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At Portland’s Victoria Mansion, an artist considers a history of slavery
The museum commissioned a painting to illuminate sparse records.
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Portland photos from the 1980s show the city’s grittier days
The exhibit ‘Lapsed Time’ is on view at the Maine Historical Society in Portland through Dec. 31, featuring 24 black-and-white images by photographer David Etnier.