Before Maine gained its statehood, one Midcoast resident built a fortune before becoming one of the state’s founders and its first governor.
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Stories from Maine: The Great Brunswick Fire
Brunswick has had many notable fires since its settlement in 1628, but this month marks the 199th anniversary of the Great Brunswick Fire of 1825. In that year, with a population of nearly 3,000, Brunswick was a flourishing little village brisk with sawmills, cotton manufacturers, lumber mills, grist mills, tenement houses, shops and businesses. At […]
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Saco historian hosts series of walking tours
Peter Scontras is sharing his wealth of Saco history knowledge with the community through a series of in-depth walking tours.
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Stories from Maine: America’s real first Thanksgiving was in Maine
One of the most prolific of all American holidays likely had its genesis on the shores of Maine, more than 169 years before the United States became a country and nearly 213 years before Maine won her statehood. On July 31, 1607, more than a dozen years before pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, two ships […]
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Repast is history: What Mainers ate on Thanksgiving through the decades
We pored over Maine’s newspaper archives for a casual look at how Mainers from other times celebrated the holiday, and most especially what they were eating.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Longfellow’s Haunted House tours continue to spook Portland
The popular seasonal tours of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House are based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Haunted Houses,” and focus on those who lived and died in the Portland landmark.
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Stories from Maine: A Bath-built legacy
On Saturday, Nov. 18, 1899, the funeral of a legendary man was held in Bath, and although he had “gone to his eternity” 125 years ago, the legacy of “Bath’s Great Benefactor” still shines today. When Zina Hyde and his wife Eleanor brought their son Thomas Worcester Hyde into the world on Jan. 16, 1841, […]
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When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland 60 years ago, a hundred thousand followed
Johnson’s 1964 visit drew what may have been the largest crowd Portland has ever seen. Sixty years later, those in attendance still remember the group’s energy.
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Plant-based food columnist explores Maine’s buried vegetarian history
Avery Yale Kamila talks about her co-curated exhibit, ‘Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History,’ which opened this month at the Maine Historical Society Museum.
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‘Conscience’ tells the story of Margaret Chase Smith’s most famous speech
In the runup to a presidential election, Portland Stage is presenting the play, which is set in the time immediately before and after Smith’s confrontation with powerful demagogue Joseph McCarthy.