Old Bet appears to have toured the eastern U.S. and may have lived to a riper old age if it wasn’t for fateful visit to Alfred, Maine.
Maine History
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
The life and legend of Worumbo, a Native American in colonial Maine
His name and image have long been associated with Lisbon, but except for some tall tales and a few hints, much of the man’s actual life is a mystery and will likely remain that way.
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Hard cider bounces back in Maine, 150 years later
Mainers once guzzled gallons of hard cider year-round. Some hope they will again, as a growing number of producers add new twists to the once commonplace drink.
Posted inMaine, News
Celebrated Chinese American mom to be honored posthumously in Portland
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, 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, Maine
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 inMaine, 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.