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PublishedDecember 30, 2021
Overseers of the poor: Ending the ‘town farm’ experiment
The Great Depression changed the face of poverty. The Social Security Act changed the quality of life for many poor. Twentieth-century improvements to institutional welfare programs put an end to the almshouse for good.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2021
Kennebunkport’s ‘Renaissance man’ honored at age 105
Frank Handlen has been a prolific artist, shipwright, sculptor and rock of the community for decades.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Chapman promoted to BHS executive director
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Bates College professor among featured guests for ‘Stories from the Stage’ season premiere
9/11 rememberance
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PublishedAugust 3, 2021
Deeds and research lead to discovery of lost historic Augusta cemetery
An abandoned city-owned cemetery found in the woods between Riverside Drive and the Kennebec River in Augusta contains graves of Civil and Revolutionary war soldiers.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2021
How four teenagers drowned at Lake Auburn in 1869
A day of frolic turned into one of area's worst tragedies on a sunny July Saturday.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
How browntail moths became such a big problem here in Maine
Efforts to defeat the moth started within days of its discovery in 1897 but, so far, the Old World invader has managed to hang on in New England.
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Sure, it’s hot out, but at least it’s not like 1911
Lewiston and Auburn suffered through what may have been the worst summer weather New England ever faced for 11 steamy days in July 1911.
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PublishedJune 6, 2021
Almost forgotten artist D.D. Coombs deserves to be remembered
The once well-known Auburn painter produced local landscapes as well as portraits of Maine dignitaries, cartoons and caricatures, drawing until the day he died.
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PublishedApril 7, 2021
Iraqi culture, heritage topic of discussion at museum
Bowdoin College
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