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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Togo: History’s most heroic dog spent his final years at Poland Spring
Famed for delivering life-saving medicine across the Alaskan wilderness in 1925, Togo, a lead sled dog, wound up in Maine. A statue to honor him at Poland Spring is in the works.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
Winthrop Maine Historical Society seeks donors to help buy Main Street building
The historical society, which does not have an official headquarters, is seeking $125,000 to purchase and upgrade the old Key Bank location at 107 Main St.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2020
Oxford Hills libraries issue call for oral, written, recorded histories of life during COVID-19.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2020
Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?
Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who's sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Maine’s first football game took place at Bates College 145 years ago
In 1875, Bates and Tufts enthusiastically competed in the brand new sport of football, not quite ready for prime time. Among the rules during the raucous game: No projecting nails allowed.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage
The Farmington Historical Society organized a march on Main Street in Farmington to pay homage to the women's suffrage movement.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog: From ‘disease-ridden’ swamp to protected refuge
People have eyed the destruction of Lewiston's Garcelon Bog for more than 150 years, but it's still here.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog: From ‘disease-ridden’ swamp to protected refuge
People have eyed the destruction of Lewiston's Garcelon Bog for more than 150 years, but it's still here.
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PublishedJune 14, 2020
Maine’s Great Fire raged in 1825 and destroyed almost a million acres
The 1825 blaze, the biggest ever recorded east of the Mississippi River, terrified pioneers, but is not known to have killed anyone in the state.
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PublishedApril 14, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 14, narrated by Brett Williams
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