local history
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
After buying long-desired land for conservation, Brunswick plans next steps
On Jan. 1, Brunswick took ownership of a "spectacular" piece of land it had sought for decades. Now, town officials envision a future for the historic property.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
Bedside table: A dose of storytelling makes the history lessons stick
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PublishedOctober 24, 2021
Book review: In an unusually told biography, writer Rachel Field lives again
Biographer Robin Clifford Wood has an unusual advantage in telling her subject's life story – she lives in Field's former house on an island in Maine. That house, Wood argues, had an outsize impact on Field.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Portland High School celebrates bicentennial
The institution was founded at Exchange Street as a place to teach boys, but since 1863 has been a co-educational facility on Cumberland Avenue.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Portland High School celebrates bicentennial
The institution was founded at Exchange Street as a place to teach boys, but since 1863 has been a co-educational facility on Cumberland Avenue.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2021
Film tells history of Cumberland through eyes of those who lived it
"Cumberland Maine, Building Community and Memories for 200 Years" explores the history of farming, education, recreation and community service in Cumberland.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2021
Richmond celebrates prosperity, history closely tied to Kennebec River
History buffs anxiously awaiting Richmond bicentennial in 2023 kicked things off Saturday.
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PublishedMay 18, 2021
Tate House in Portland wins historic preservation grant
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2021
Virtual Portland walk points out city’s early ties to slavery
"It is important for us to remember many of these buildings were built off the backs of enslaved African labor," a marine historian says.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2021
Community conversation to focus on past, future of Portland’s Trolley Park
The city is seeking ideas on how to improve the Riverton park.