Frances Coraline Adams Chamberlain was devoted to her husband, Maine’s 32nd governor, but was also talented in her own right.
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Lakes Region communities celebrate Revolutionary War heroes
Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Raymond Casco Historical Society celebrated 28 patriots from the two towns.
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A forgotten CBS news legend hailed from Brunswick | Column
Paul Niven’s family owned the Bath Daily Times newspaper, which grew into The Times Record.
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New Gloucester Historical Society hosts presentation on Portland Observatory
Docent Jim Nadeau addressed the society, whose curator, Tom Blake, is a longtime friend.
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Gorham prisoners’ rum ruse results in daring American Revolution escape
Captives aboard a notorious British prison ship 250 years ago got their guards drunk, escaped and then took prisoners themselves.
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JFK’s first presidential vacation in Maine was a visit to the Midcoast | Column
Brunswick Naval Air Station, a Bath switchboard and a Boothbay Harbor press headquarters were part of the week-long preparations for the president’s arrival.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe left Brunswick, but her heart stayed | Column
The novelist returned to the Midcoast twice after living in Brunswick for two years in the 1850s.
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Pure ambition made this boy into a prominent man in the 19th-century Midcoast | Column
John Campbell Humphreys took his first job at 14 and thus began a steady flow of accomplishments, including becoming a fireman, owning his own store and other businesses, military and political careers, and more.
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In 1927, Brunswick man’s rampage ended in Topsham shootout | Column
Raymond Petit attacked 4 people, including his parents, while trying to elude police.
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West Bath’s New Meadows Inn was the place to eat in early 1900s | Column
The New Meadows River was a center of marine navigation with a growing summer tourist trade and the trolley line to Bath passed right in front of the inn.