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PublishedFebruary 22, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 22
Feb. 22, 1864: The three-masted steamer Bohemian, bound from Liverpool, England, to Portland, strikes Alden’s Rock, a ledge near Cape Elizabeth, at night in a dense haze. The accident kills 42 people, including two crew members. The ship, an iron vessel owned by the Ocean Steamship Co. of Montreal, was carrying 219 passengers, most of […]
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 21
Feb. 21, 1885: The Washington Monument, built with a core of granite quarried in Maine, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. Construction on the monument began in 1848 but was suspended for 23 years for a variety of reasons, including the Civil War. Maine also supplied granite used in many other prominent late-19th-century construction projects, including […]
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2020
Man pleads guilty to gun possession after Walmart threat in Maine
Jeremy Rogers, who was arrested in Rockport, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2020
Shooting at Scarborough Walmart remains under investigation
Ryan Townsend of Saco remains hospitalized nearly a week after the shooting on Feb. 14.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 19
Feb. 19, 1988: In the final two minutes of the Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball championship game at the Bangor Auditorium, Ellsworth High School senior Tim Scott scores 13 points in 58 seconds, leading the Eagles to a 65-64 victory. The fourth-seeded Eagles’ opponent is third-seeded Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln. After Scott’s 13-point run, […]
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 18
Feb. 18, 1795: Lewiston is incorporated as a town. It becomes a city on March 15, 1861. Today it is Maine’s second-largest city, as it has been since the 1880 Census. Feb. 18, 1978: In an event broadcast live on local television, President Jimmy Carter participates in an evening question-and-answer session with about 2,200 people […]
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 17
Feb. 17, 1927: “The King’s Henchmen,” an American opera written by Deems Taylor and Rockland native, poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), opens successfully at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and becomes popular in book form as well. Feb. 17, 1952: A 36-hour blizzard powered by high wind begins to envelop […]
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 17
Feb. 17, 1927: “The King’s Henchmen,” an American opera written by Deems Taylor and Rockland native, poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), opens successfully at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and becomes popular in book form as well. Feb. 17, 1952: A 36-hour blizzard powered by high wind begins to envelop […]
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 16
Feb. 16, 1804: In a maneuver masterminded by Navy Commodore Edward Preble (1761-1807) of Portland, a group of sailors stage a surprise attack and set fire to the frigate USS Philadelphia, which had run aground the previous year off Tripoli and had been captured by Barbary pirates. President Thomas Jefferson put Preble in charge of […]
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 15
Feb. 15, 1898: The armored battleship USS Maine explodes in the harbor at Havana, Cuba, killing 266 of its 354 crew members and accelerating the decline in U.S. relations with Cuba’s parent nation, Spain. The U.S. goes to war against Spain later that year. The ship, commissioned in 1895, was the first U.S. Navy vessel named […]
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