maine history
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PublishedJuly 25, 2024
A Window on the Past: The Higgins family farmers of Highland Avenue
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PublishedJuly 11, 2024
A Window on the Past: Cushman’s Bakery and the Nathan A. Cushman family
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PublishedJuly 7, 2024
July 7, 1949: The deadliest day for public safety officers in Auburn and Lewiston
Seventy-five years ago Sunday, 2 fire trucks crashed into each other in Auburn, killing 2 firefighters and a police officer. The cause remains somewhat unclear.
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PublishedJune 23, 2024
Father Sebastian Rale may have been Maine’s first vegetarian
The controversial 18th-century Jesuit priest could well have been an ascetic, part of a Christian movement that abstained from meat, which its adherents associated with carnality, gluttony and lechery.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
Plucky 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard is entangled in a brutal rape case
In 'Frozen River,' Ariel Lawhon spins a propulsive historical thriller from a few basic real-life facts. 'It's a fast read, but some of the ideas that drive it are troubling.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
Pejepscot History Center to host presentation on Malaga Island with Maine archivist
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2024
By recording ‘Northeaster’ audiobook, voice actor connects with the Maine grandmother she never knew
Morgan Bailey Keaton is the granddaughter of Dr. Virginia Hamilton, a memorable character in the nonfiction book by Maine author Cathie Pelletier.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2024
Historian shines light on Bath’s ‘fierce’ Alice May Douglas
Ellen Endter will discuss her research of the life of the anti-war advocate, poet and journalist Saturday at the Patten Free Library.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2024
How a note in an antique dress from Searsport created a sensation
A 19th century bustle dress bought in Searsport a decade ago made national news last week, after a researcher decoded an old telegraph message found inside it.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2023
‘Making Maine’ gives a decidedly unsentimental picture of the nascent state
Scoundrels, smugglers and their ilk helped to make Maine, according to a new history of the War of 1812.
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