Throughout his life, William Brice Edwards served as police chief, fire chief, state detective, deputy sheriff, town selectman and more.
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Midcoasters spent 41 years riding the trolleys | Column
Transportation innovations brought great changes to the Brunswick area at the end of the 19th century.
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Gov. Janet Mills reflects on growing up in Gorham
The way it was for Gov. Janet Mills: biking and building snow forts.
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The story of Domhegan House and the legend of Chamberlain’s horse Charlemagne | Column
General Joshua Chamberlain purchased the Brunswick property in 1878 and renovated it.
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What a Brunswick family’s cemetery reveals about Maine’s Black history
The namesake of a new park, the Heuston family was part of a thriving free Black community that helped others flee slavery.
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An explosive disaster rocked Bath in 1938 | Column
Plant’s Garage suffered a freak, fiery accident near downtown Bath.
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The bones of a jinxed ghost ship remain in Georgetown | Column
For 20 years, the Mary F. Barrett sailed to ports all along the Eastern Seaboard and landed at foreign ports before tragedy struck in Portland Harbor in 1921.
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A heinous murder in Topsham became one of the fastest-solved crimes in Maine
In less than eight weeks, the case was solved, the suspects tried and sentenced, and the case closed.
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Personal life of Maine opera icon Emma Eames opens town history series
The Patten Free Library will examine the personal relationships of opera singer and Bath resident Emma Eames.
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Benedict Arnold left a trail in the Midcoast on his way to Quebec
Before being labeled a traitor, the Continental Army colonel led an ill-fated military expedition.