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Stories from Maine: Brunswick’s Mall, from ‘a primitive and semi-barbaric state’ to today

On July 4, 1825, a group of citizens armed with shovels, pitchforks, hoes, axes and scythes, gathered for a “general assault” on a public nuisance. The enemy before them was a wild and bothersome embarrassment “in a primitive and semi-barbaric state,” which these citizens swore to banish for the greater good of the community. While […]

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Brunswick resident wins photo contest

An annual invitation to customers and community members to capture the beauty of Maine in a photograph drew 315 submissions from 109 photographers in June with 18 of the contributions set to adorn the 2025 Norway Savings Bank Desk Calendar. The $250 grand prize winner was William Nichols of Brunswick. After a panel of judges […]

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Photos: ‘America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia’

Artist Norajean Ferris’ exhibition “America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia” is on display at Pejepscot History Center, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, through Aug. 31. “The exhibition speaks on issues that are infused in our nation, and is a hymn to our current socio-economic, cultural and political times,” Ferris said in an email. Ferris’ works […]