In their disregard for a democratic process that says a former chief executive is no longer president, the right displays an affinity for authoritarian rule.
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Insight: The tale of Bar Harbor’s ‘Treasure Ship’
At the outbreak of the First World War, a German ship carrying silver and gold bullion tried to find safe harbor in Maine. The arrival kicked off a legal battle for the history books.
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The Maine Millennial: Historical reckoning begins at home
We can’t change what happened in the past, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it, my own family history shows.
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How browntail moths became such a big problem here in Maine
Efforts to defeat the moth started within days of its discovery in 1897 but, so far, the Old World invader has managed to hang on in New England.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: America is a work in progress. So am I.
The ideas worked for by my parents – a diplomat who represented our country abroad; a teacher who championed civil rights – have been tested, yet I am hopeful.
Posted inTimes Record
Tours at historic Wiscasset property set for July 3
Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour Saturday, July 3, from 10-11:30 a.m. There’s something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat visitor on this leisurely in-depth tour that includes rooms and stories not included on the general tour. Located at 2 Lee St. […]
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Maine Voices: The Tulsa Race Massacre is America’s own Tiananmen Square
We too have buried both bodies and the truth. Only when we admit our past can we stand with the victims of other nations.
Posted inTimes Record
Early 1900s photos from Lincoln County on display at Old Jail Museum in Wiscasset
The 1811 Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail in Wiscasset opens on July 3 for tours of the granite jail and jailer’s house, plus an exhibit of mounted and framed photos of Lincoln County at the beginning of the 20th century. The images were retrieved from glass plate negatives that belonged to Eastern Publishing Company, […]
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Bedside table: A born storyteller asks, when is the past truly the past?
“I’m reading Menachem Kaiser’s ‘Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure,’ about a young man’s effort to reclaim a building in a small Polish town that was owned by his family members before they were deported to Nazi death camps. His grandfather – who survived the Holocaust – died before the author was […]
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Juneteenth is a symbol that matters
Putting the end of slavery on par with the signing of the Declaration of Independence is a significant event.
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