PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — The wind was howling at nearly 65 miles per hour and blowing snow across the mountaintops. Despite the brilliant midmorning sun, the temperature had dropped to 17 degrees below zero. “It was awesome,” Hebron Station School student Arianna Durepos as she climbed out of one of two Mt. Washington SnowCoaches at […]
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Crescent Park School fifth-graders portray history through Wax Museum characters
BETHEL — History came alive during Crescent Park Elementary School’s annual Wax Museum program as performed by 37 fifth-grade students for kindergarten through grade four children. But first, one had to get past Alexander the Great, Eric the Red and Marco Polo, who were guarding SAD 44’s version of the “Night at the Museum” movies. […]
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Bethel Library to host Civil War book discussion Jan. 7
BETHEL — The Bethel Library is hosting a book discussion at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, as part of the “Local and Legendary: Maine in the Civil War” project lead by the library, Gould Academy and the Bethel Historical Society. The project began after the town of Bethel received a $2,000 grant from the Maine […]
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Shearman sworn in as register of deeds in symbolic ceremony
BUCKFIELD — Circled by the graves of her ancestors, Patricia Shearman was sworn in as Register of Deeds for eastern Oxford County in a symbolic ceremony Friday morning. In a small ceremony at the Buckfield Village Cemetery on North Buckfield Road, Shearman took the oath of office with one hand on a history novel, the thesis […]
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‘Christmas at Victoria Mansion: 100 Years Past’ tours in Portland
PORTLAND — Escape from the hustle and bustle of today’s holiday season by experiencing Christmas at Victoria Mansion: One Hundred Years Past. Venture back in time and marvel at the wonder of Christmas in 1914. This season’s Christmas décor will reflect how Edwardian elegance graced the Mansion’s interiors as the First World War in Europe […]
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‘Glad Tidings: The Merry Friendship of Longfellow and Dickens’ tour in Portland
PORTLAND — Through Sunday, Dec. 28, celebrate the season with the Maine Historical Society’s “Glad Tidings: The Merry Friendship of Longfellow & Dickens Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Charles Dickens.” This holiday season, MHS explores the friendship between the man who is said to have “invented America” and the man who is said to have “invented […]
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‘Christmas at Norlands’ in Livermore on Dec. 7
Journey back in time and enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides, 19th-century parlor games, stories, children’s craft activities in the cozy Washburn kitchen, caroling, the one-room schoolhouse, mulled cider made on the woodstove, and the simply decorated 1867 Washburn mansion. Kerck Kelsey, Washburn descendant and historian, will share stories about the Washburn family in the mansion at […]
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Backers see New Auburn’s history, future in St. Louis Church bells
AUBURN — The four bells removed from New Auburn’s St. Louis Church are concrete, physical objects — skillfully cast and beautiful to look at, says Alan Manoian, Auburn’s economic development specialist. But beyond their physicality, Manoian said he’s as interested in preserving what the bells have meant to the city. They have a history and, […]
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Step back in time summer tours at Washburn-Norlands center to end August 30
The Norlands is a multi-faceted living history museum and working farm offering in-depth experiences in 19th-century rural Maine life. It is also the ancestral home of Livermore’s Washburn family, one of America’s great political and industrial families of the 19th century. During summer living history tours, the 1867 Washburn mansion with its attached farmer’s cottage […]
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Minot’s Civil War-era Methodist Church to celebrate 150th anniversary
MINOT — Members of the Minot United Methodist Church are inviting friends and neighbors to join them in celebrating the church’s 150th anniversary Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 and 24. The weekend event will include special music, food and services at the church at Minot Corner. “We very much want people to join us in […]