Coastal History
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2019
Coastal History: Ship’s quarantine
Old ships carried goods, people and disease.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2019
Coastal History: Maine paid price at world war’s end
More than 50 sailors died when the USS Eagle 56 was sunk by a German submarine off Cape Elizabeth.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2019
Coastal History: Moosehead Lake holds a bit of Bath Iron Works’ DNA
The steamship Katahdin is the oldest shipyard product still in use.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Coastal History: Lions and tigers and bears in Brunswick, oh my
Simpson Animal Park was the place to go for exotic wildlife, circus acts and a touch of the Old West.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2019
Coastal History: Maine entrepreneurs do what comes naturally
The founders of Burt's Bees and Tom's of Maine followed parallel paths to success.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2019
Coastal History: Next time you make popcorn, think of Percy Spencer
The Howland native, Raytheon Corp.'s fourth employee, invented the microwave oven.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2019
Coastal History: Smoking was ‘healthy’ nearly a century ago
The pages of an old magazine reveal how much our sense of humor, and sensibilities, have changed.
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