She is just the 16th woman to get the prestigious literature award since it was started in 1901.
2020
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘This Day in Maine’ and ‘The Lost Boys of London’
A collection of more than 650 historical newsworthy items by Joseph Owen and the fifth and final book in the Bianca Goddard mystery series by Mary Lawrence
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On this date in Maine history: Oct. 8
Oct. 8, 1829: Gov. Enoch Lincoln, Maine’s sixth governor, dies in Augusta at 40, becoming the state’s first governor to die while in office. Lincoln’s chief claim to fame might be his role in determining that Augusta would become Maine’s capital and that the State House would be built there on Weston’s Hill, but he […]
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When political mail gets personal: How do they know that about me?
Some mailings about absentee balloting, including a recent one from the Maine Democratic Party, raise questions about access to voting records.