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The election goes on. And on

On Saturday I received an e-mail request from President Donald J. Trump. Addressing me, as “Friend” he asked for a donation to his Official Election Defense Fund. He assured me that he “will NEVER stop fighting.” Not for himself, he claims, but for me. Why me? He never explained. His appeal contains two other puzzling […]

Posted inBicentennial

On this date in Maine history: Nov. 18

Nov. 18, 1833: Ebenezer Dole, his brother Daniel Dole and others meet in Hallowell to form Maine’s first anti-slavery group, called the Hallowell Anti-slavery Society. The society’s debut occurs about a year after William Lloyd Garrison, one of the more prominent American orators calling for the abolition of slavery, conducted a speaking tour across the […]