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My Maine Stories
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My Life in Boxing
by Bob Russo
Bob Russo on boxing and his life in Portland
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COME OUT SWINGIN'!
by Brian Daly
I wrote a musical comedy about Lewiston hosting the Ali-Liston title fight in 1965.
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A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
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Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system
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Bob "Coach" Cote: Highlights from life of a Biddeford legend
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Bob talks about growing up in Biddeford, sports, the fire of 1947, and closing of St. Louis High.
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Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society
Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge
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Annette Addorio: 100+ years of memories from full life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From 1914 to 2018, highlights from my life in Biddeford
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My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
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Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC
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Maine and the Atlantic World Slave Economy
by Seth Goldstein
How Maine's historic industries are tied to slavery
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Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
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Elizabeth Mantis Spiliopoulos: passion for life & Greek heritage
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A spunky 99-year-old shares her crystal-clear recollections of all the changes in her lifetime
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Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25
How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.
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2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW
Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020
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Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
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Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
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A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
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Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR