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PublishedOctober 29, 2023
A stirring guide to the great Dutch painters
In 'The Upside-Down World,' Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser combines biography, art criticism and touches of memoir.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2023
Bedside Table: ‘To The Uttermost Ends of the Earth’ by Phil Keith with Tom Clavin
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2023
Maine Voices: Years of inhumanity to Palestinians have inhuman consequences
Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians follows 75 years of the killing of Palestinian civilians and nearly two decades of an embargo that keeps Palestinians from getting food and medication.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2023
Commentary: Maine will be a valuable partner to an independent Greenland
The world's largest island is in the process of seceding from Denmark. Some Mainers will have front-row seats to this instructive process.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2023
Darrell Hartman’s new book promises a sensational story, and it delivers
In 'Battle of Ink and Ice,' Arctic explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook face off again, accompanied by newspaper accounts that devote many juicy inches to their rivalry,
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PublishedOctober 1, 2023
Bedside table: ‘Band of Brothers’ by Stephen E. Ambrose
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2023
$100,000 donation readies Harris House for restoration
The funding from the Cornelia Warren Community Association allows work to begin to repairing the exterior of the future museum.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Maine Voices: Yearning for unity in my adopted country
As I get older, I find it frustrating to witness the gradual erosion of the trust Americans reserved for their government and their pride in their democracy and rule of law.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Renovations to Maine State Museum chug along with removal of historic steam engine
When the Augusta museum reopens, likely in 2025, it is expected to feature interactive exhibits that boost focus on women and minority groups – and 2 humpback whale skeletons.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2023
How Thomas Smallwood helped hundreds of enslaved people find freedom
Scott Shane's 'Flee North' tells the gripping story of Thomas Smallwood, who was born into slavery and who Shane credits with coining the term 'underground railroad.'
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