Excerpts from George Lord’s letters to Annie Hooper in 1874

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.

By planes, trains and boats, Santa’s arrival in Lewiston once created holiday hoopla

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.

‘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.

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.

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

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.

Lewiston’s Lessard-Bissonnette to be honored with historical marker

Plaque to be unveiled this week remembering contributions of a French-speaking suffrage advocate.

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.