Looking Back on Dec. 15: ‘Unwanted birthday drink gets Bickford into trouble’
Read more about Dec. 15, 1947, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 Many Lewiston businessmen are behind a
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Looking Back on Dec. 14: ‘Wicked, police chief terms Auburn Hall dance’
Read more about Dec. 14, 1922, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 “Collars make dainty Christmas gifts, and
Read moreLooking Back on Dec. 13: ‘Tremendous explosion, furious fire rip through Libbey Mill’
Read more about Dec. 13, 1972, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 Auburn pedestrians using Goff Hill are
Read moreMaine Turnpike celebrates 75th anniversary on Tuesday
Once known as the Mile A Minute Highway, the Turnpike first opened to traffic on Dec. 13, 1947.Read More
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Sept. 4
Sept. 4, 1969: Six crew members and an Air Force observer die in the crash of a U.S. Air Force
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Sept. 3, 1853: The Harnden & Brother spool factory on the Kennebec River in Augusta catches fire about 2 a.m.
Read moreCentral Maine Sept. 2 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Sept. 2, 2020.Read More
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Sept. 1
Sept. 1, 1814: A British force occupies Castine during the War of 1812. The town becomes part of the short-lived
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Aug. 31
Aug. 31, 1954: Hurricane Carol makes landfall on New York’s Long Island and proceeds to ravage much of New England
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Aug. 30
Aug. 30, 1917: The first submarine ever built at a U.S. Navy shipyard, the USS L-8, is commissioned. The Navy
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Aug. 28
Aug. 28, 2006: The Chewonki Foundation, a Wiscasset organization, unveils what it bills as the first hydrogen fuel cell of
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: August 27
Aug. 27, 1902: A train hauling five special Pullman cars brings President Theodore Roosevelt and state and local dignitaries to
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Aug. 26
Aug. 26, 2005: Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery breathe a collective sigh of relief when they learn
Read moreOn this date in Maine history: Aug. 24
Aug. 24, 1857: Eastman Johnson (1824-1906), a prolific painter who was born in Lovell and raised in Augusta and Fryeburg,
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