Dec. 1, 1994: President Bill Clinton appoints Maine’s retiring U.S. Sen. George Mitchell to be his special adviser on economic initiatives in Ireland. Mitchell, 60, served in the Senate for 15 years and was the Senate majority leader for the last six of those years. His new appointment is preparation for a much more demanding […]
John Richardson
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 30
Nov. 30, 1989: A massive fire destroys most of the long-vacant former Edwards Manufacturing Co. mill complex in Augusta at the base of Sand Hill. The fire, which could be seen up to 20 miles away, began inside an elevator in the north end of the building, according to some workers there. Reported at 3 […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Longtime volunteer doesn’t hesitate to help children in ‘very different’ year
Carl Akin, 81, of Yarmouth recognizes that many Maine children will need a little holiday cheer and sense of normalcy during the pandemic.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 29
Nov. 29, 1882: Calais native James Shepherd Pike dies at 71 after a journalism career that brought him fame first for his ardent anti-slavery, anti-Confederacy views, and later for his sensationalistic criticism of corruption that thrived under Ulysses Grant’s administration as well as what Pike portrayed as the abominable misrule by freed Blacks in the […]
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 28
Nov. 28, 1981: Longtime Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Bud Hendsbee and his wife, Helen, a Madison selectwoman, leave home in their pickup truck, headed for Farmington, where they plan to have dinner at a new restaurant. According to an account given later by Bud Hendsbee, as they pass through the tiny town of Starks on […]
Posted inBicentennial, News
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 27
Nov. 27, 1898: The steamship Portland sinks in what comes to be known as the Portland Gale, resulting in the deaths of about 200 people, including 63 crew members. The ship is bound from Boston to Portland when the storm strikes off Cape Ann in Massachusetts, causing New England’s worst maritime disaster of the 19th […]
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Letters from parents reflect grim statistics: ‘It’s tough out there’
More than 43,000 Mainers are jobless this holiday season.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 26
Nov. 26, 1861: Humorist Artemus Ward (1834-1867) makes his debut as what today would be called a stand-up comedian, in New London, Connecticut. Ward, whose real name is Charles Farrar Browne, was born in Waterford, Maine, and used Yankee speech mannerisms and deliberately misspelled words in his columns published under the “Artemus Ward” pen name […]
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 25
Nov. 25, 1997: For the first time, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders the dismantling of a working hydroelectric facility – in this case, the Edwards Dam in Augusta – over the objection of its owner. FERC denies the Edwards Manufacturing Co.’s application for a renewal of its license to operate the dam. The commissioners […]
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 24
Nov. 24, 1916: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, a native of the Piscataquis County town of Sangerville and the inventor of the machine gun, dies at 76 in London while the armies of World War I, underway just across the English Channel, are making prolific use of his weapon on the battlefield. Maxim’s innovation was making […]