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Gorham, ME · Arts & Culture
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Discover the Industrial History of Biddeford's Historic Mills
Travelers following U.S. Route 1 through Biddeford pass close to a place where the Saco River once supplied more than scenery. Its water powered the textile mills that helped turn Biddeford and neighboring Saco into a major industrial center. The enormous brick buildings still stand along the river. But some...
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Discover Camden's Historic Knox Woolen Mill
Travelers following U.S. Route 1 into Camden often have the harbor in mind. But a short walk up Mechanic Street reveals another part of the town’s story: a mill that helped supply the paper industry. The former Knox Woolen Mill complex stands beside the Megunticook River, close to the...
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Biddeford's City Theater presents an American classic with 'Our Town'
Some plays live forever because they deliver something essential about being human. Many productions of “Our Town” remind us why Thornton Wilder’s classic has endured. Thornton Wilder’s primary purpose in writing "Our Town" was to reawaken the audience's appreciation for the miraculous nature of everyday life. Writing during a time of global instability in the late 1930s, Wilder felt that modern human beings had become numbly distracted by routine, completely missing the profound beauty of existence.
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Gorham History Is a Click Away!
Oct. 1, 2026 marked the official launch of Open Access, the Maine State Archives (MSA) new online platform for publicly accessible, digitized and born-digital public records. Open Access is the public-facing side of a strategic effort to maintain a digital preservation system for records of Maine state government. which ensures the long-term preservation and accessibility of state records that are archival or subject to long-term retention.
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Wintrop and Readfield – Historical Society Host DR. SAMUAL COLMAN
PHOTO CAPTION: Jackie Fournier will present a program on Colonial medicine as Dr. Samuel Colman at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center on November 12th. The Winthrop and Readfield Historical Societies will co-host a program on Colonial medicine on Thursday, November 12th at 6:00 pm at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center, 107 Main Street, Winthrop. The presenter, Jackie Fournier, whose interest in history blends well with her passion for medicine, is a historical interpreter at Fort Western and a docent at the Pownalborough Court House. She recently spent a week at the Colonial Williamsburg apothecary learning the trade of compounding medicines.
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Grateful Dead’s April 1985 Shows in Maine and Providence Join Play Dead
Two more stops from the Grateful Dead’s Spring Tour 1985 are now streaming in high resolution on Play Dead: April 1 at Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine, and April 3 at Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island. “Ride, ride, ride, at least I’m enjoying the ride!
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Carver Hill Gallery celebrates 20 years, five locations with anniversary exhibition
CAMDEN — Carver Hill Gallery will hold a 20th Anniversary Group Exhibition, celebrating two decades of fine art and community in Midcoast Maine. The public is invited to join the celebration on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 5 to 7 p.m., at 36 Bay View Street, Camden. This milestone event coincides with the final Third Thursday Art Walk of the season.
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Halloween Parade returns for its 27th year
A group stops for a photo with Boothbay Harbor police officers near Grover's Hardware during the 2025 parade. Bethany Schmidt photo. Dress in your costume and bring your trick-or-treating bag for the 27th annual Halloween Parade! The parade will commence at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Lawn at 4 p.m. sharp on Saturday, Oct. 31 and will end at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor for a special Trunk-or-Treat. This event will happen rain or shine.
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Up and Down the Kennebec Valley: Medical history in central Kennebec Valley
Prior articles in this subseries have described, as well as available sources allow, some of the important early doctors in the central Kennebec Valley: Moses Appleton, John McKechnie and Obadiah Williams, in Waterville, and Dr. Stephen Barton, at least part of the time in Vassalboro. This week, your writer intends to share what information (if any) she can find about other early Vassalboro doctors.
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'Words Before Winter' poetry event
Midcoast Poetry Journal invites the community to "Words Before Winter," an afternoon of poetry, laughter, stories, and the sort of literary unpredictability that has become a hallmark of Midcoast poetry gatherings. The reading takes place Saturday, Oct. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Porter Meeting Room at Skidompha...
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'Last Light': Endings and beginnings
Jerry Farnham, center, with Earl Brewer III and Clive Farrin at the book launch of Farnham's "Last Light" of the "Red at Night" series Oct. 3 at Brady's. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register. Jerry Farnham with his mom Michelle at the "Last Light" book launch. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register. Series fans line up...
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Discover Carl Sprinchorn at Two Maine Museums This Fall
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art and Bates College Museum of Art chronicle the life and work of under-recognized modern artist Carl Sprinchorn. This fall, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) and Bates College Museum of Art present two Maine exhibitions exploring artist Carl Sprinchorn. On view at the...
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Old Orchard Beach museum exhibit features grand hotel
Visitors to the Harmon Museum in Old Orchard Beach can take a journey to the past and visit a grand hotel. The museum’s current exhibit focuses on The Velvet Hotel, which was located where the Grand Victorian now stands. The Velvet was built in 1898 by Herbert L. Hildreth, manufacturer of Velvet molasses taffy.
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Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Spans Early October With Pumpkin Pancakes, Pie Eating Contests, And Pumpkin Regatta Races
Every October, Damariscotta transforms into pumpkin central. The festival draws crowds for ten days of pancake breakfasts, pie contests, and the main event: massive pumpkins racing in the harbor powered by motors and paddles.
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History talk: Tales of early medicine in Thomaston, 1726 to 1850
Join the Thomaston Historical Society on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m., at Thomaston Federated Church (enter around back), for a colorful discussion of health, illness, and the first medicine men of Thomaston. According to the Historical Society, in a news release, from the town's earliest days through the mid-1800s,...