AUBURN — Charlie Plummer will serve as keynote speaker in “The Fourteenth Amendment in American Life” public forum series in the Androscoggin Community Room at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. Plummer is an instructor at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn Senior College. On Tuesday, June 7, he will present the “Philosophy of […]
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‘M*A*S*H’ meets ‘Gone with the Wind’
South Portland filmmaker’s Civil War drama heads to TV SOUTH PORTLAND — As a documentary filmmaker, Lisa Wolfinger has had the chance to do what many haven’t: immerse herself in key periods of American history, from the conquest of the New World by early English explorers to the Salem witch trials. Now, in Wolfinger’s first […]
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Mars rover scientist agrees: Brunswick’s Chamberlain rocks
BRUNSWICK — Most Mainers know the story of Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine’s famous Civil War charge down the rocky hillside of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, there’s a rock on Mars bearing the general’s name. Scientists discovered the rock on the 1,099th Martian day of the mission […]
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Author explores Lewiston politics in industrial era
Between the days of the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century, Lewiston experienced explosive growth. Immigrants streamed in to find work in the myriad textile mills and shoe factories that were quickly changing the skyline. And along with this influx of people seeking a better life came the problem of how best […]
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Riverviews: The Evans Repeater, from Maine to the Wild West
For a small and quiet Maine town of the mid-1800s, Mechanic Falls had some fascinating connections with the Wild West and some other worldwide events. It all came about with the invention of the Evans rifle, an early lever-action repeating firearm. The story begins shortly after the Civil War, when George Evans, a Rhode Island […]
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Final ‘Local and Legendary’ event scheduled for June 3 at MVMS
MEXICO — Mountain Valley Middle School students will perform Civil War monologues from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Mountain Valley Middle School. Peru resident and Local and Legendary team member Nick Waugh said that the students will perform the monologues as if they are “actually Civil War-related figures, both local and national.” […]
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Maintenance tough as cemeteries age
LEWISTON — Ray Cloutier knows it was a tough winter — even for the dead. But he was appalled at the state of historic stones along Mount Hope Cemetery’s outer edge. “I don’t care if the person died 150 years ago; somebody is supposed to maintain his grave,” Cloutier said. The newer portion of the […]
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‘Oh! Suzanna:’ Civil War songs ring out at the Franco Center
LEWISTON — Songs prominent during the Civil War were performed Sunday at the Franco Heritage Center in an event marking the 150th anniversary of the war’s end. Presented by the Maine Music Society, songs representing different periods and sides of the conflict were presented along with an appearance from an actor portraying a Civil War […]
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Rumford Historical Society presents exhibit on local Civil War soldiers
RUMFORD – Two members of the Rumford Historical Society on Wednesday presented their research on residents, including a nurse and a musician, who served in the Civil War. Society member Jane Peterson said she and member Nghia Ha spent weeks visiting libraries and historical societies throughout the state to get information. Their findings were uploaded […]
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Rumford Public Library to host reading by Maine author
PERU — The Rumford Public Library will host a reading by Maine author Lea Wait from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in the public room. The reading is in conjunction with the Local and Legendary: Maine in the Civil War project. It’s a collaboration among the Maine Humanities Council, the Maine Historical Society […]