The Thanksgiving email from the Portland Food Co-op featured six types of plant-based holiday roasts this year. Such abundance got me thinking about the 1980s, when vegetarians either cobbled together our own Thanksgiving roasts or served a baked, stuffed squash as a centerpiece. How did we get here? The origins of vegetarian Thanksgiving date way […]
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‘Meet the Neighbors’ suggests we rethink what we think we know about animals
Author Brandon Keim makes a cogent case for reevaluating how we understand – and treat – the creatures around us, even those we fear or loathe.
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Stories from Maine: A refusal to obey
One of the most renowned men in the history of the Old West was a man from Maine who became legendary, not so much for what he did but for what he didn’t do. Silas Stillman Soule was born on July 26, 1838, in Bath to Amasa and Sophia Low Soule. He and his four […]
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Stories from Maine: Brunswick’s original boss lady
In a time before women could vote or receive a formal education, one local woman defied societal norms and boundaries of gender to become one of the most prolific and successful of Brunswick’s residents. And her legacy is still present today. Narcissa Stone was born to Capt. Daniel Stone and his wife Nancy Hinkley in […]
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Stories from Maine: Remembering Brunswick’s ‘pauper’s cemetery’
Alongside Brunswick’s busy Route 1, next to the Public Works garage and parking lot on Industry Road, lay the remains of a “Potter’s Field,” where the once poor of the town rest in anonymity. For many years, the town of Brunswick — with full support of the community — humanely treated and cared for the […]
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50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark
The Viking Age burial ground contains some 50 ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ skeletons.
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Stories from Maine: A tale of two flags
On Nov. 28, 1901, “a token of appreciation” was announced as an honorarium for one man, and this symbol’s importance would be realized in the creation of a Maine state flag. Gen. John Tudor Richards was born in Gardiner on July 23, 1841. Richards had served in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil […]
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A Maine professor spent a month in Poland making bagels and searching for his past
University of Maine at Augusta history professor Robert Bernheim hoped bagel diplomacy could help repair some deep wounds left by the Holocaust.
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Stories from Maine: Maine explorer’s ‘promised land’
On April 6, 1909, America’s foremost explorer reached the pinnacle of his career when he “nailed the Stars and Stripes to the North Pole” on his seventh arctic expedition. Then, Maine’s own Robert E. Peary returned home to a hero’s welcome and was promoted by Congress to the rank of rear admiral. Peary then announced […]
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Stories from Maine: The rise and fall of Brunswick’s bell
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1961, a 77-year era came to an end when a wrecking ball razed the old town hall on Maine Street in Brunswick. This historic town hasn’t been quite the same since. In 1883, a decision was made to build a new town house, and 15 months later, the construction of the […]