At the height of the Korean War, a U.S. naval anti-submarine patrol aircraft crashed while attempting to land on a newly built runway at the Brunswick Naval Air Station. When it was over, six out of 10 crewmen were dead and the disaster became one of Maine’s deadliest. On Monday, April 14, 1952, 10 men […]
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Run of dry weather reminiscent of 1947 October fires in Maine
Dry conditions led to devastating fires 78 years ago.
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Brunswick recreation area named in honor of family that led others to freedom
The town-owned land will be named after the Heustons, a farming family from East Brunswick who were active in the Underground Railroad.
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Restored Civil War-era blacksmith shop an important part of Raymond Casco Historical Society
Frank McDermott describes the effort that went into restoring the 19th-century blacksmith shop, and how it helped save the historical society.
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Harpswell maritime disaster the worst in Maine history
One of the deadliest maritime disasters in Maine history saw a day of fun and pleasure turned into a catastrophe claiming the lives of 34 persons, launched a mammoth rescue effort and began an enduring controversy lasting nearly 85 years. And this historic tragedy all began at Bailey Island. On June 29, 1941, a group […]
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Roosevelt Trail historical sites welcome visitors as part of ‘history tour’
The tour, which stretched from Westbrook to Harrison, covered multiple aspects of Maine history.
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How a Woolwich man changed travel in Midcoast Maine
One of the greatest legends in Maine history was a man whose tireless efforts changed the landscape of Midcoast Maine. And this great public servant was a man from Woolwich. Frank William Carlton was born on April 5, 1859, to Ira and Harriet (Savage) Carlton in Dresden. Soon, the growing Carlton family moved to Woolwich […]
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Before Mitchell Field: The Cold War brings the Navy to Harpswell
A photograph from August 1954 shows the pier at the brand-new Casco Bay Fuel Depot and four of the facility’s 14 fuel storage tanks. Eight deliveries by 130,000-barrel tankers were necessary to fill the tanks. (Courtesy of Terri Gaudet) This is the first in a two-part Harpswell Anchor series about the U.S. Navy’s development and […]
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Tour takes people on a cemetery walk through Bath’s history
A Bath business offers walking tours through Oak Grove Cemetery to tell the stories behind the people buried there.
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Building the Orr’s and Bailey Islands bridge was a masterful feat of engineering
A “scow barge” is unloaded by a crane as the last of the Pownal Granite is put in place on the Orr’s and Bailey Islands’ Crib Stone Bridge in the 1920s. (Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation) Ninety-nine years ago, “after nearly a half century of controversy,” work finally began on June 6, 1926, […]
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