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Lewiston-Auburn Flashback: Lewiston Falls Academy in Auburn

March 8, 2020March 9, 2020

Bicentennial, Local & State

It’s a celebration 200 years in the making

by Kelley Bouchard March 8, 2020March 8, 2020

‘It isn’t just history buffs’ anticipating Maine’s bicentennial – two centuries of statehood. The marquee event is next Sunday at the Augusta Armory.

Bicentennial, Local & State, News

Colony, Chapter IV: Insurrection

by Colin Woodard March 8, 2020March 17, 2020

An uprising against Massachusetts land barons sets the stage for statehood.

Lewiston-Auburn

Lewiston-Auburn Flashback: The making of Bates Mill No. 5’s sawtooth roof

March 1, 2020March 17, 2021

Flashback is a regular Monday feature highlighting life in the past in the Lewiston-Auburn area. If you have more information about today’s image, share it on the Lewiston Public Library’s website here. This photo of the construction of Bates Mill No. 5, circa 1912, shows the building’s iconic roof supports, which, once finished, allowed light […]

Lewiston-Auburn

The ‘unconquerable’ Mary Wheelwright Mitchell

by Steve Collins March 1, 2020March 2, 2020

When every other female student at Bates College quit under pressure in the 1860s, Mary Mitchell refused to leave. That legacy stands today as one of the school’s greatest sources of pride.

Bicentennial, Local & State, News

Colony, Chapter II: Rivalry

by Colin Woodard February 23, 2020March 17, 2020

An acrimonious relationship develops between Maine and Massachusetts.

Bicentennial, Local & State

On this date in Maine history: Feb. 18

February 18, 2020March 31, 2020

Feb. 18, 1795: Lewiston is incorporated as a town. It becomes a city on March 15, 1861. Today it is Maine’s second-largest city, as it has been since the 1880 Census. Feb. 18, 1978: In an event broadcast live on local television, President Jimmy Carter participates in an evening question-and-answer session with about 2,200 people […]