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PublishedMay 29, 2022
Lewiston’s Lessard-Bissonnette to be honored with historical marker
Plaque to be unveiled this week remembering contributions of a French-speaking suffrage advocate.
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PublishedMay 21, 2022
Challenging the ‘old fogeys’ by starting a newspaper
The Lewiston Falls Journal, the community's first newspaper, rolled off the press 175 years ago today.
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PublishedMay 15, 2022
A former Auburn man’s high-flying ‘airship’ caught the world’s attention in 1897
The true story of the once-acclaimed but now forgotten "Professor Barnard" and his fabulous flying machine
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PublishedMay 5, 2022
Franco Fridays: St. Peter’s School boys show off their sports gear, 1925
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PublishedApril 24, 2022
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.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
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.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
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.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2022
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.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
The day the dirty trickster apologized to Muskie
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
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.'
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