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Published
October 21, 2022

Commentary: If we’re serious about moving to clean energy, Maine needs Pine Tree Power

Thanks to our natural resources and our tradition of self-reliance, Maine could become a regional clean-energy powerhouse. The transition must work for everyone.
Published
October 9, 2022

Maine Observer: Doing my bit to fight the fires of 1947

I was drafted to help the fires that ravaged parts of the state, but we had no idea of what was in store for us.
Published
August 27, 2022

The humble Farmer: Memories are made of music and long-ago favors

On singing along to songs from the 1940s and recalling kindnesses extended to those in tractor cabs.
Published
August 21, 2022

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.
Published
August 21, 2022

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

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Published
June 5, 2022

A forgotten 19th-century Maine comic writer gets his day in the sun

Lots of fascinating material in 'Diggio, Haybis Korpus & E Plewrisy Unicorn!' if you can get past the fact that the imaginary Ethan Spike was a 'reprehensible bigot.'
Published
May 21, 2022

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.
Published
April 24, 2022

Border dispute between Maine’s two oldest towns heads to court

York and Kittery are at odds over the exact location of a section of the border between the towns first drawn 370 years ago.
Published
March 13, 2022

New England’s first nature guidebook turns 350

Written by an Englishman living in Maine, the rare book identifies the region's native plants and animals and offers natural remedies galore.
Published
March 13, 2022

Decades ago, Ukrainian refugees found ‘heaven’ on farms in Maine

From 1949 to 1955, refugee families from Ukraine, Poland and Estonia stayed at Freedom Farm in Kennebunkport as they built new lives in America. Some later moved to farms in Kennebec County.