Peter Scontras is sharing his wealth of Saco history knowledge with the community through a series of in-depth walking tours.
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Stories from Maine: A flood to remember
On March 12, 1936, the arrival of an early spring thaw on the heels of a long and harsh winter, complicated with heavy torrential rains, led to one of the worst floods ever recorded in Maine history, and it paralyzed Bath, Brunswick and Topsham. The ground all across Maine remained deeply frozen, covered by a […]
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Repast is history: What Mainers ate on Thanksgiving through the decades
We pored over Maine’s newspaper archives for a casual look at how Mainers from other times celebrated the holiday, and most especially what they were eating.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Vegetarian Thanksgiving is a lot older than you think
The Thanksgiving email from the Portland Food Co-op featured six types of plant-based holiday roasts this year. Such abundance got me thinking about the 1980s, when vegetarians either cobbled together our own Thanksgiving roasts or served a baked, stuffed squash as a centerpiece. How did we get here? The origins of vegetarian Thanksgiving date way […]
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‘Meet the Neighbors’ suggests we rethink what we think we know about animals
Author Brandon Keim makes a cogent case for reevaluating how we understand – and treat – the creatures around us, even those we fear or loathe.
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Stories from Maine: A refusal to obey
One of the most renowned men in the history of the Old West was a man from Maine who became legendary, not so much for what he did but for what he didn’t do. Silas Stillman Soule was born on July 26, 1838, in Bath to Amasa and Sophia Low Soule. He and his four […]
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Stories from Maine: Brunswick’s original boss lady
In a time before women could vote or receive a formal education, one local woman defied societal norms and boundaries of gender to become one of the most prolific and successful of Brunswick’s residents. And her legacy is still present today. Narcissa Stone was born to Capt. Daniel Stone and his wife Nancy Hinkley in […]
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Stories from Maine: Remembering Brunswick’s ‘pauper’s cemetery’
Alongside Brunswick’s busy Route 1, next to the Public Works garage and parking lot on Industry Road, lay the remains of a “Potter’s Field,” where the once poor of the town rest in anonymity. For many years, the town of Brunswick — with full support of the community — humanely treated and cared for the […]
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50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark
The Viking Age burial ground contains some 50 ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ skeletons.
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Stories from Maine: A tale of two flags
On Nov. 28, 1901, “a token of appreciation” was announced as an honorarium for one man, and this symbol’s importance would be realized in the creation of a Maine state flag. Gen. John Tudor Richards was born in Gardiner on July 23, 1841. Richards had served in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil […]