maine history
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PublishedNovember 12, 2019
Lisa Savage: As U.S. senator, I’ll stand up to neo-McCarthyism, say ‘no’ to U.S. wars
Smear campaigns and déjà vu Russia-baiting for anyone who dares mention defense cuts won't stop me.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2019
Jim Fossel: There’s room in the center for immigration reform
While there is deep disagreement on the partisan extremes, most Americans would support sensible reforms to increase legal immigration.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2019
Maine Voices: We’re all included in definition of ‘real Maine,’ ‘real America’
Leaders of our state's Roman Catholic and Protestant communities should denounce an anti-Semitic attack on Portland's mayor.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2019
‘Precious and Adored’ offers century-old love letters with a difference
The book gathers 30 years of intimate letters that chronicle a passionate love affair between two women at a time such relationships were kept mum.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2019
Life in Colonial-era Maine seen through the lens of one Thomas Doughty
Carol Gardner's 'The Involuntary American' focuses on one of history's invisible people, who began life in Scotland, was sold into servitude and made (reasonably) good in Maine.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2019
The humble Farmer: Local and family history, all in one apple-sized package
When you've always lived within sight of where you were born, you don't have to go far to get your fruit.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
Maine Suffrage Centennial: Lewiston journalist was early, bold advocate for the vote among Franco women
Starting in 1910, Camille Lessard Bissonnette took a singular stand when she reached out to immigrant women in Maine and women in French Canada.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
How a boy from the coast of Maine became a world famous female circus star
The life of Samuel Wasgatt, who performed under the name of Lulu in the 1870s, is just as odd as it sounds.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Commentary: Jamal Khashoggi’s death was part of alarming trend
To raise awareness about the media's vital yet risky work, Colby College is dedicating its annual award for courage in journalism to 66 journalists who died on assignment.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2019
Acadia National Park takes steps to add trails to national historic register
Only 5 trails on the entire East Coast have been given the federal designation to date.
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