Local historian Douglas Hodgkin has written another biography — this time about a member of his own family. His great-grandfather, a farmer, local civic leader and Androscoggin County politician, is the subject of “Elwin E. Additon: Progressive Farmer and Politician.” Additon (1864-1942) owned a farm in Leeds and held many offices in town government, including […]
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Readfield Community Library to host local author/historian
READFIELD — Readfield Community Library will host a book talk by local author and historian Dale Potter-Clark from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12; snow date, March 14. Potter-Clark will discuss the book she co-authored with Charles L. Day, “The Founders and Evolution of Summer Resorts and Kids’ Camps on Four Lakes in Central […]
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Hartford fire destroys house, barn, historical artifacts
HARTFORD — Fire destroyed the Main Street farmhouse and barn of town historian Lorraine Parsons on Wednesday while she was tending her cows. “In the three minutes that it took us to get on the scene, the fire had already spread from the barn to the house,” Deputy Chief Jason Vaughan of the Canton Fire Department […]
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Hartford fire destroys house, barn, historical artifacts
HARTFORD — Fire destroyed the Main Street farmhouse and barn of town historian Lorraine Parsons on Wednesday while she was tending her cows. “In the three minutes that it took us to get on the scene, the fire had already spread from the barn to the house,” Deputy Chief Jason Vaughan of the Canton Fire Department […]
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Robert C. Goddard
AUBURN — Robert “Bob” C. Goddard, 73, passed away peacefully at the Hospice House in Auburn on Friday, Jan. 12, with his family by his side, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born July 3, 1944, in Rumford, the son of Chester “Chet” and Sylvia Goddard. He graduated from Mechanic Falls High School in […]
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From slavery to Lewiston: Local historian presents findings on freed slaves
Candace Kanes spoke at the Androscoggin Historical Society in Auburn on Tuesday night about Lewiston’s first generation of African-Americans who were sent here by the Freedmen’s Bureau. AUBURN — Local historian Candace Kanes presented her findings Tuesday night about a small community of freed slaves who made Lewiston their home in 1866. Doug Hodgkin, president […]