More than a million vehicles traveled on the Maine Turnpike from Friday to Monday. Could it be a good omen for the rest of the summer season?
Memorial Day
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Meet the Mechanic Falls native who led the last bayonet charge in U.S. Army history
Lewis Millett was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Feb. 7, 1951, in the Korean War.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Rain expected to dampen Memorial Day traffic in Maine
Despite predicted stormy weather and lower traffic volumes, Friday will still be the busiest travel day on the Maine Turnpike over the holiday weekend.
Posted inFood & Dining
For better burgers, up your bun game with these Maine-made rolls
Local bakers put out some of the best burger buns you can buy. Here’s the lowdown on seven of them.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Remember last year’s Memorial Day travel jams? Chances are they will be much worse this year
Highways and airports are likely to be jammed in the coming days as Americans head out on, and then home from, Memorial Day weekend getaways.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights
Memorial Day is an opportunity every year to remember the sacrifice so many have made in the name of the freedom we all enjoy. The parades. The speeches. The flags on poles down Main Street, and placed at every veteran’s grave. It’s all so that we don’t forget that winning and defending our rights under […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Honor, loss and perspective from a Mainer on Memorial Day
Honor. Here in Maine — especially where veterans are buried — honor means something. I recently walked Maple Cemetery in Winthrop, Mount Pleasant in Wayne, Fish in Leeds, and stopped to think about those who fell young. Memorial Day is coming, time to pause. Honor is what comes to mind too, washes over you in […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Officials hushed up sinking of WWII ship with Lewiston serviceman aboard
Ronaldo Anctil and more than 1,000 other Americans died when the HMT Rohna was struck by Germany’s new radio-guided missile, and the attack was classified to protect morale.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Photo of Winthrop Legion’s namesake, discovered in California home, offers historic link to the past
The picture taken at a Memorial Day parade in 1942 may be the last ever photograph of Alfred W. Maxwell Jr. before he was killed in action on Guadalcanal during World War II.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Two veterans had much in common, including the consequences of war
Billy Demo and Harold Haskins, longtime Skowhegan neighbors and Vietnam veterans, died within two weeks of each other, with more experiences in common than their families knew, Amy Calder writes.