Franco Fridays: St. Peter’s School boys show off their sports gear, 1925

Border dispute between Maine’s two oldest towns heads to court

York and Kittery are at odds over the exact location of a section of the border between the towns first drawn 370 years ago.

A boat, a pole, a dead husband. The tale of Katherine Cornish, Maine’s first execution for murder

Maine’s first murder trial, in 1644, was for a self-admitted adulteress who was found guilty with ample acknowledgment she was a “hussey” and a shocking lack of evidence she was a murderer.

Decades ago, Ukrainian refugees found ‘heaven’ on farms in Maine

From 1949 to 1955, refugee families from Ukraine, Poland and Estonia stayed at Freedom Farm in Kennebunkport as they built new lives in America. Some later moved to farms in Kennebec County.

William Ladd of Minot was once hailed as America’s ‘Apostle of Peace’

The former 19th century sea captain's writing and lectures helped spur the creation of the American Peace Society and, ultimately, the United Nations.

The day the dirty trickster apologized to Muskie

Maine’s Edmund Muskie: ‘Good-humored’ but with a ‘temper that verged on the volcanic’

Known for his environmental legacy, Muskie, according to then-Sen. Joe Biden, 'never believed that a career in politics obliged his head to divorce his heart.'

How Mainer Edmund Muskie’s tirade a half-century ago may have cost him the White House

One of the most successful dirty tricks in American political history wiped away the presidential hopes of Rumford's favorite son in 1972.

Readfield-area students gain cool experience with Maine history through ice harvesting

Maranacook Community Middle School teacher Dan Holman has tried for years to make ice harvesting happen for his students and has never seen a public school have an opportunity like the students did on Wednesday.

When 3 divas put Maine atop the world stage

Three Maine women born in the middle of the 1800s were counted among the globe's top singers during opera's heyday.