Lincoln County Historical Association Education Department is looking for volunteers in its partnership activities at Colonial Pemaquid and numerous in-school and special events programs. Volunteers will discover, learn and share the essence of the 17th century in Lincoln County. Louise Miller, director of the LCHA Education Department, invites interested individuals to contact her to learn […]
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Posted inTimes Record
Murder and betrayal in Harpswell
In February 1843, one of the most heinous crimes in Maine history occurred on Great Island in Harpswell. When the dust settled, one man was dead, one was set to hang, a woman co-conspirator was freed and a twisted story came to light. On Tuesday, May 16, 1843, Cumberland County Sheriff Nathan Woodbury was summoned […]
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A Window on the Past: Sagadahoc Farms becomes the Port O’Maine Airport, part 1
Many local residents still remember the Port O’Maine Airport, a private airport that was in operation on the South Portland/Scarborough border for over 20 years. As we mentioned in our column last month, Sagadahoc Farms sold its property to Avon Company during the Depression. Avon Company was a real estate holding company, incorporated in April […]
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A Window on the Past: South Portland WWII shipyards lecture next Saturday, March 15
On Saturday, March 15, South Portland Historical Society will hold a lecture about South Portland’s World War II shipyards at the Community Center at 2 p.m. From 1941 to 1945, South Portland produced 244 Liberty ships and 30 Ocean ships at two shipyards on its eastern waterfront. The shipyards covered a massive area that today […]
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The devastating Brunswick Tontine Hotel fire of 1904
On Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 1904, just after 3 a.m., Brunswick Police Officer J.E. Alexander fired shots into the air over downtown. It was “eight degrees below zero” and Brunswick’s grandest hotel was on fire. Just before 3 a.m., Hotel Night Clerk Alonzo Colby started a fire in “the kitchen range” to help thaw frozen […]
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A Window on the Past: Sagadahoc Farms of South Portland and Scarborough
Sagadahoc Farms was located on a piece of land that started southeast of Main Street in South Portland, roughly to the rear of the Fred and Mabel Lund (Lund’s Dairy) and Charles R. Dean (Cloverdale Dairy) properties on Main Street, and ran south over the town line into Scarborough to the Pleasant Hill Road (known […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
It Happened in Windham: Almost 200 years ago: The South Windham Village memories of Rev. George Bodge
While doing some research for a book that the Windham Historical Society is putting together about our town’s history, I came across an article by the Rev. George Bodge that was written in 1906 and appeared in the “Suburban News” in January 1995. Titled “The Village in 1847,” it is a very interesting look into […]
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Amateur historian marks decade of uncovering the histories of Portland homes
Cape Elizabeth resident Darren McLellan has researched the history of over 200 buildings on his blog, “Portland House Stories.”
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
A Window on the Past: Historical society lecture on Wednesday, ‘Snow Squall: South Portland’s Clipper’
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the South Portland Historical Society will offer a presentation on the South Portland-built clipper ship Snow Squall. The lecture will be held in the Casco Bay Room of the South Portland Community Center and will begin at 6:30 p.m. Using the Snow Squall as his departure point, the society’s I will […]
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Scarborough’s first public high school topic of historical society talk
Initially, public education in Scarborough consisted of a number of one-room schoolhouses that only went through Grade 8. To go to high school, parents had to pay tuition to send their children to a private school. Dr. Steve Spaulding will give a talk about “Scarborough’s First High School” at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 2, at […]