‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski’ was co-written by Deering High School graduate Clark Young and stars acclaimed actor David Strathairn.
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Our View: Honor the U.S. Constitution by amending it
The most cherished constitutional rights came by way of amendment, something we have not been able to do for 50 years.
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Our View: Coronavirus pandemic edges toward grim milestone
For more than a century, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was the deadliest in our history, a record that will soon be broken by COVID.
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Bates College professor among featured guests for ‘Stories from the Stage’ season premiere
9/11 rememberance
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Insight: America’s reckoning with Indian boarding schools
When coming to terms with the history of a destructive policy, the nation needs to be guided by accountability, not pity.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Deeds and research lead to discovery of lost historic Augusta cemetery
An abandoned city-owned cemetery found in the woods between Riverside Drive and the Kennebec River in Augusta contains graves of Civil and Revolutionary war soldiers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: July Fourth weekend standoff should raise awareness of ‘sovereign citizen’ threat
Rise of the Moors, arrested en route to Maine, is just one of many unauthorized paramilitary entities in the U.S.
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Insight: The tale of Bar Harbor’s ‘Treasure Ship’
At the outbreak of the First World War, a German ship carrying silver and gold bullion tried to find safe harbor in Maine. The arrival kicked off a legal battle for the history books.
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The Maine Millennial: Historical reckoning begins at home
We can’t change what happened in the past, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it, my own family history shows.
Posted inLocal & State
How browntail moths became such a big problem here in Maine
Efforts to defeat the moth started within days of its discovery in 1897 but, so far, the Old World invader has managed to hang on in New England.