Poland Spring Water Co. is the chief sponsor of the Maine Bicentennial Parade on May 16, 2020. The event is expected to bring at least 50,000 people to Lewiston and Auburn.
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Oxford genealogist has confirmed more than 15,000 family ties
Greg and Diane Sherwood’s family trees have deep roots in Maine and New England. He has traced some of their ancestors back more than 500 years, using primary and secondary sources, Ancestry.com’s online and DNA services. Greg Sherwood has familial ties to at least three U.S. presidents and Diane Sherwood can count herself as one of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s closest living cousins.
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How a boy from the coast of Maine became a world famous female circus star
The life of Samuel Wasgatt, who performed under the name of Lulu in the 1870s, is just as odd as it sounds.
Posted inMaine, News
Acadia National Park takes steps to add trails to national historic register
Only 5 trails on the entire East Coast have been given the federal designation to date.
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Elizabeth Warren’s campaign puts Maine’s Frances Perkins at center stage
The Mainer who helped create the New Deal has become a staple of Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign speeches.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime
In one of Maine’s most sensational killings, justice proved elusive
The 1922 slaying of Maine guide Otis Bean near Rangeley marked the first time a Franklin County woman ever faced a murder charge.
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During his 1972 presidential race, Maine’s Edmund Muskie faced at least three death threats
FBI records released to the Sun Journal on Friday show details of several investigations into claims the Democratic senator would be shot or bombed.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
A century after Prohibition, some Maine towns are still dry
Three dozen small Maine towns — home to more than 12,000 — have maintained bans on booze, beer and wine sales long after Prohibition’s national repeal.
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The strange tale of a Maine balloonist who vanished in 1885
Wealthy Frederick Gower disappeared after his balloon wound up in the English Channel and put an end to his plan to develop a way to drop dynamite on London or Paris in future wars with the help of wind-borne bombing.
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Maine: It happened here first
The state’s do-it-yourself spirit has led to many innovations over the years, from earmuffs to doughnut holes and maybe even a universal snub.