A plaque will mark the site on Forest Avenue where Toy Len Goon, ‘an extraordinary woman,’ ran a laundry and raised eight children as a single widow in the mid-20th century.
Maine History
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Portland has changed and you can really smell the difference
A generation ago the city’s signature smells included J.J. Nissen Bakery, Jordan’s Meats and the soon-to-close B&M Baked Beans plant. Today the city’s aroma includes whiffs of coffee roasting, food trucks, breweries and oil tanks.
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They were winter weary, fed up and suffering ‘Ohio Fever’: How fleeing Mainers founded Maineville, Ohio
The tiny town in southwest Ohio was among the places Mainers settled in the 1800’s seeking a better life, and the town maintains a connection with Maine 200 years later.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sure, it’s hot out, but at least it’s not like 1911
Lewiston and Auburn suffered through what may have been the worst summer weather New England ever faced for 11 steamy days in July 1911.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
A hundred years ago, Lewiston elected women to office for the first time
In 1921, finally allowed to participate fully, women won four school board seats and controlled a majority of the panel.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation / World
Marble bust of powerful 19th century Mainer damaged by mob at U.S. Capitol last month
A curator is taking steps to repair the marble bust of former U.S. House Speaker Thomas Reed of Maine.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Maine Historical plans for future preservation of past
A new system will allow Maine Historical Society to expand the safe storage of its vast collection.
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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.
Posted inLocal & State
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford Hills libraries issue call for oral, written, recorded histories of life during COVID-19.
AREA — The West Paris Public Library and the Norway Memorial Library are inviting other libraries and all residents of Oxford Hills to join them in creating the Western Maine Foothills Community Archive, an extension of a statewide digital archiving project sponsored by the Maine State Library. The mission of the project is to build […]