History
Local Chefs Fish for Creative Alewife Recipes
Smoked, grilled, roasted, or on pizza, come spring, local alewives are a culinary treat.
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.
Potato Digging at Van Buren, Maine
Harvesting an agriculture mainstay
Josephine Davis Townsend’s Postcards from Monhegan
Josephine Davis Townsend’s real photo postcards captured life on Monhegan Island in the 1930s.
Swimming Scene — Medomak Lake, Washington, Maine
A summer camp for boys from the history books
Ice Time in Rockport
An old-fashioned ice harvest
