The Captain Jesse Partridge house has been listed for $1.4 million.
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Local actors haunt town as ghosts of Yarmouth’s past
Reviving characters of the town’s history, Stroll Haunted Yarmouth will offer spooky tours of the historic cemetery complete with phantoms.
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Midcoasters collected scraps and made sacrifices during World War II
Just months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, launching the United States into World War II, America began an unprecedented civilian effort to gather and recycle materials that would ultimately ensure victory in Europe and the Pacific. When war production in the United States moved American production “from refrigerators to machine guns,” a […]
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Brunswick recreation area named in honor of family that led others to freedom
The town-owned land will be named after the Heustons, a farming family from East Brunswick who were active in the Underground Railroad.
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Abbe Museum returning funerary cultural objects to Wabanaki Nations
Many of the objects sat unknowingly in a University of Maine collection for years because a loan to an archaeologist was never recorded.
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What our coastal sailboats tell us about our history
Last week, I wrote about two things that often pique my interest — place names and floating vessels. I could fill many more columns to come with variations on each of those themes and also how they often intersect. So, on that theme, or perhaps both of them, I am following up on my column […]
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Pejepscot History Center lecture examines how war affects the natural world
As part of its year-long theme, “The Land and its People,” Pejepscot History Center’s fifth Joshua Chamberlain Legacy Lecture examines the havoc war wreaks on the natural world. The talk is at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Dutchman’s event venue in Fort Andross, Brunswick. University of Georgia environmental historian Brian Allen Drake, editor of […]
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Rare public event at Kennebunk’s iconic Wedding Cake House sold out quickly
The Brick Store Museum fundraiser will feature live music, hors d’oeuvres, and tours of the home.
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Rockland library to host history talk on the ‘female Indiana Jones’
Rockland Public Library will present “The Extraordinary Life of Ruth Robertson: A History Talk by Patricia Hubbard” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21. The event is free and open to all. Hubbard, of Thomaston, who became Robertson’s literary executor in 1992, will describe the life and work of Robertson, a true “female Indiana Jones.” Born […]
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From Stephen King to New Jersey diners, History Press books cover local lore around the US
A writer from Maine, Sharon Kitchens has turned her passion for Stephen King’s books into a published work