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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
Unfurling the facts in the 1901 Maine state flag debate
History, politics and design sensibilities collide as residents of the Pine Tree State consider which banner to embrace.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
A doctor from Auburn died at Custer’s side at Little Big Horn
George Edwin Lord, educated in Auburn, became an Army surgeon after the Civil War and met a grisly fate.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
Excerpts from George Lord’s letters to Annie Hooper in 1874
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
A hero during the Civil War, Maine’s Andrew Tozier turned to crime when he returned home
Two years after gaining renown at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Litchfield native robbed a Livermore Falls clothing store and more. But another hero intervened and helped secure Tozier's legacy.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2022
By planes, trains and boats, Santa’s arrival in Lewiston once created holiday hoopla
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
If you’ve soured on B&M beans, get sweet on baking your own
It's a simple process, but choices along the way can help you find a signature recipe.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
‘No hunting ground left — the moose, the deer and beaver are all gone’
A newly discovered 1839 letter spotlights the poverty and powerlessness of a Penobscot Nation trying to survive.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Hannibal Hamlin bash spotlights Lincoln’s vice president, and a town rich in 19th-century charm
A celebration Saturday in Paris Hill calls attention to the often-overlooked village where Abraham Lincoln's first vice president was born.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)
At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor
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PublishedJune 19, 2022
From ‘bone-shakers’ to ‘penney-farthings’ and beyond: How bicycles rolled out in Lewiston in the 1800s
'Bicycle fever' reached Lewiston in 1879, according to the Lewiston Evening Journal, and would go on to shake, rattle and roll into everyday life.
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