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Published
January 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
October 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.
Published
October 8, 2023

A new biography of the late Judge Frank M. Coffin does a remarkable man justice

'A Man for All Branches' relates Coffin's impressive career and captures his equally notable devotion to his family.
Published
September 30, 2023

Martha Ballard admirers seek to deliver monument to midwife in Augusta

Memorial at Mill Park in Augusta would pay tribute to pioneer who delivered more than 800 babies in what is now central Maine.

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Published
September 6, 2023

Art teacher depicts a piece of Gorham’s past with rendering of canal aqueduct

Allie Rimkunas' rendering of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal aqueduct that crossed over the Little River will be displayed at Baxter Memorial Library and featured at Shaw Cherry Hill Farm.
Published
September 2, 2023

Commentary: Silence is complicity – on (not) teaching Black history in Maine

Florida’s extreme measures have drawn national scrutiny, but our own state must do much more to ensure that K-12 instruction is inclusive of Black and Indigenous people.
Published
August 20, 2023

Maine Voices: Let’s be prompt and unambiguous as we nip hatred in the bud

Plans to tighten prohibitions on organized private armies should be just the start.
Published
August 14, 2023

Wildfires remain a long-term threat to almost two-thirds of the properties in Maine

Maine has a history of major wildfires that have over the years left towns in ruins.
Published
August 13, 2023

Unfurling the facts in the 1901 Maine state flag debate

History, politics and design sensibilities collide as residents of the Pine Tree State consider which banner to embrace.