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PublishedApril 30, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 30, narrated by Chandler Corriveau
April 30, 1911: The Great Fire of 1911 begins in a hay shed on Broad Street in downtown Bangor. Over two days, the fire ravages the city’s core on both sides of Kenduskeag Stream, destroying 285 homes, 100 businesses, the public high school, two fire stations, six churches and a synagogue. The city library burns […]
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Answers to some of the many questions prompted by the reopening plan
For example, is a pub a restaurant or a bar, and when can it open? And, will the 14-day tourist quarantine really last all summer?
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 29, narrated by Judy Meyer
April 29, 2013: Arson destroys three buildings in downtown Lewiston, depriving 75 people of a place to live. The fires are the first of three cases of arson within a week in the center of Lewiston, keeping residents on edge as police try to figure out who committed the crimes. In all three instances, the […]
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 28, narrated by Heath Miller
April 28, 1780: Brig. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, Revolutionary War commander of the American forces fighting the British in Maine, writes a letter describing the deplorable condition of his troops. Maine still is part of Massachusetts then. Wadsworth’s letter is addressed to the Massachusetts Council, the upper chamber of the Provincial Congress. In it, he says […]
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 27, narrated by Keith Carson
April 27, 1973: A storm system stalls over the Saint John River Valley, unleashing the worst flood ever recorded there. The flood causes severe damage in northern Maine and a crisis in next-door New Brunswick, where 1,450 people are evacuated. In and around the provincial capital, Fredericton, water pervades older neighborhoods and spills into the […]
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
Why can’t I reach unemployment? When can I get my aching knee replaced?
Another question readers are asking: What’s up with my federal check?
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PublishedApril 26, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 26, narrated by Victoria Hugo-Vidal
April 26, 1879: Madame Nordica (1857-1914) takes nine curtain calls after a stunningly successful performance in Verdi’s “La Traviata” at Brescia, Italy, during the opening phase of her long singing career. The singer, who spent the first eight years of her life in Farmington, Maine, as Lillian Norton, changed her name to make it more […]
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PublishedApril 25, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 25, narrated by James Kennerley
April 25, 1906: Portland-born John Knowles Paine, one of the first Americans to achieve recognition for large-scale orchestral music, dies at 67 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paine’s father owned a music store, led a Portland band and published music. The son also drew inspiration from Hermann Kotzschmar (1829-1908), a German musician, conductor and composer who settled […]
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 24, narrated by Alain Nahimana
April 24, 1816: Four hundred to 500 people show up at the courthouse in Augusta in response to an invitation to attend a convention, moderated by Judge Daniel Cony (1752-1842), an Augusta physician and Revolutionary War veteran, about a proposal to separate Maine from Massachusetts. The crowd, composed of residents of Kennebec, Lincoln and Somerset […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Woman pleads guilty to murder of 83-year-old in Owls Head
Sarah Richards, 38, of South Thomaston admits that she beat and strangled Helen Carver in February 2019.
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