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PublishedFebruary 2, 2025
What unearthing odd discoveries tells us about Portland’s past
Police get up to 12 calls a year from people who think they've discovered human remains, only to find out later their digs are part of the city's rich history that once included cattle grazing.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2025
Climate change impacts threaten future of Maine lighthouses
The state's lighthouses are threatened by rising sea levels and intense storms – and adapting them to be more resilient is a challenge.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2024
A new Gingerbread House era has begun
NLPS painstakingly worked to solicit donations, write grant applications and tap local craftspeople to rehabilitate the building, while completing much of the work themselves.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2024
Harpswell’s Halfway Rock lighthouse preservationist receives Maritime History Service Award
On Oct. 24, Ford Reiche attended the National Maritime Historical Society's Annual Awards Dinner, where he was honored for preserving a piece of Maine's rich seafaring history.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2024
Norway’s Gingerbread House goes under contract
Paris Hill-based real estate agent Holly Bancroft Brown has confirmed that the historic property is under contact, with the closing set to happen before the end of the year.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2024
Watch: 100-year-old restored clock lifted into Readfield Union Meeting House
The 1930 clock was restored recently as part of a decadeslong renovation of the historic building.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2024
Old Army hospital on Great Diamond Island could become condos
Portland is selling the last city-owned property at Fort McKinley to a developer who plans to restore the building and create 9 condos.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2024
Bowdoinham to lift its historic Town Hall next week
After previous efforts to fund the repair of the decaying Town Hall failed, Bowdoinham is starting the process of repairing the foundation of the 201-year-old building with future renovation plans in the works.
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PublishedJune 5, 2024
The secret to Norway’s economic success? Historic preservation. Please thank Andrea Burns.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Topsham foreman rolls massive train into and out of state museum, 37 years apart
Todd Belaire of The Cote Corp. of Auburn returned this week to the Maine State Museum in Augusta to undo work he had done in 1986.
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