The life of Samuel Wasgatt, who performed under the name of Lulu in the 1870s, is just as odd as it sounds.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Acadia National Park takes steps to add trails to national historic register
Only 5 trails on the entire East Coast have been given the federal designation to date.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Our state should lead the way on opening up primaries to all voters
The current system gives presidential nomination power to the parties and takes it away from the people.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Elizabeth Warren’s campaign putting Mainer center stage
Frances Perkins capped her career as a labor activist by championing Social Security as Franklin Roosevelt’s labor secretary.
Posted inMaine Crime
In one of Maine’s most sensational killings, justice proved elusive
The 1922 slaying of Maine guide Otis Bean near Rangeley marked the first time a Franklin County woman ever faced a murder charge.
Posted inLocal & State, News
During his 1972 presidential race, Maine’s Edmund Muskie faced at least three death threats
FBI records released to the Sun Journal on Friday show details of several investigations into claims the Democratic senator would be shot or bombed.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Roadside dig in Windham revealing secrets of the 18th century, inch by inch
The Maine Historic Preservation Commission’s archaeological dig along River Road is helping to solve mysteries of a fort that was built in the 1740s.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Windham road project opens window to the past
Harsh realities of the 1740s were revealed when the pavement on River Road was peeled back this summer.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
A century after Prohibition, some Maine towns are still dry
Three dozen small Maine towns — home to more than 12,000 — have maintained bans on booze, beer and wine sales long after Prohibition’s national repeal.
Posted inLocal & State, News
The strange tale of a Maine balloonist who vanished in 1885
Wealthy Frederick Gower disappeared after his balloon wound up in the English Channel and put an end to his plan to develop a way to drop dynamite on London or Paris in future wars with the help of wind-borne bombing.