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Added January 29, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added January 28, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added January 28, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added January 28, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added January 27, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added January 27, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added January 24, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
Added January 24, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added January 23, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added January 23, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added January 22, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added January 14, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
New My Maine Stories
Added January 2, 2025
Alan Casavant-providing leadership during a city's Renaissance
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Evolution of Biddeford's identity through the eyes of a teacher, community servant, and mayor.
Added December 11, 2024
His First Television Set in the 1950s
by Murray A. Bolduc
Murray A. Bolduc talked about his first TV set in the 1950s
Added November 20, 2024
Aimé Muyombano, Phd - From adversity to community service
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Fleeing atrocities in Africa, Professor Muyombano dedicates himself to a life of community service
Added November 11, 2024
Stripped Of More Than Clothing
by Dan Adams
Juvenile strip searches while incarcerated.
New Exhibits
From Fredericksburg to Appomattox, from August 1862 to June 1865, the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment's raw, untrained and undisciplined recruits soon learned to be soldiers. The 17th Maine was known as the Red Diamond Regiment.
Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.
Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine's landscape graced the sheet music covers.
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
