By Paul Mills It’s the wee hours of Tuesday morning Sept. 14, 1954. The phone rings in Portland TV news photographer Gene Willman’s Yarmouth home. The sleep of the young veteran of…
With the advent of the summer tourist season now upon us it is time to take a look at how the indelible proclamation of “Vacationland” came into being.
It's 1935. The man ordained…
By Paul Mills For the first time since 1990, neither party has a contested primary in its gubernatorial race this year. Indeed, it’s only the second time this has happened since 1960.…
By Paul Mills Maine now enters the final stretch of its 52nd biennial primary sweepstakes. It’s one that showcases a rivalry in each major party for the largest congressional district east of…
By Paul Mills A last minute $8,500 property tax payment by former state Rep. Adam Mack has salvaged his ownership of the former Forster Manufacturing plant from a tax foreclosure confrontation with…
By Paul Mills This is the story I was hoping to forget. It’s not only just an embarrassment to two of New England’s most esteemed academic institutions, Maine’s own Bowdoin College and…
By Paul Mills Life sized statues in Maine: they seem to abound, particularly those that remind us of the Civil War, those emblems of both triumph and tragedy at the cross-roads of…
By Paul Mills Though it’s without doubt America’s foremost holiday, Christmas for much of Maine’s history was not so observed. Indeed, it was a day when students attended their classes and employees…
By Paul Mills In the aftermath of an outpouring of anecdotal reminiscences on the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination a feature now worth assessing is something a bit less personal: the…
By Paul Mills
The guilty plea last week by the North Pond Hermit Chris Knight along with recent news that three persons have been charged…