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A Photographic Journey through Time: Boothbay

A new Penobscot Marine Museum book captured the passage of time in Boothbay.

Dirigo Comes Home

An iconic Friendship sloop returns to her birthplace, Friendship, six decades later.

Five Faces of the Revolution

Meet five Revolutionary War vets who lived long enough to have their photos taken.

Local Chefs Fish for Creative Alewife Recipes

Smoked, grilled, roasted, or on pizza, come spring, local alewives are a culinary treat.

Maine Put on its Camp Face for the 1904 World’s Fair

Built for the 1904 World’s Fair, the State of Maine Building was a sports camp made to travel.

The Governor’s desk and chair are home at last

A storied governor’s desk and chair take a circuitous route to their proper home.

Big Jim’s New Lease on Life

Historic Maine fisherman billboard should soon be standing tall again

Friendship School

School days long ago

On the Beat as a Summer Reporter

The buzz of the newsroom at Portland’s newspapers in the 1960s laid the foundation for a high school summer reporter to one day become Maine’s State Historian.

Carving Out Scenes from the Sea

Talented Camden woodcarver Lloyd Hansen Thomas brought ships, eagles, and the sea to life.