BRUNSWICK — The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum has taken home two first-place awards in the New England Museum Association’s 2014 Publication Award Competition. The Museum’s invitation to its “Pop-Up Museum: Your Favorite Things” event won first place in the Invitations category and the Museum’s brochure “Spirits of Land, Air, and Water” won first place in the […]
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House comes down on Children’s Play Museum property in Wilton
WILTON — Volunteers for the Western Maine Play Museum tore down the oldest of the two houses on the museum property at 561 Main St. on Friday morning. A controlled burn begins at 6 a.m. Saturday, fire Chief Sonny Dunham said at the scene. After the property was donated as a home for the children’s […]
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Civil War hero’s Brunswick home damaged by water
“Water was pouring from the ceiling,” Benet Pols said of the parlor of the Potter Street building, the former residence of the Civil War hero and 19th-century Maine governor. “It was a terrible scene. There was water gushing through the ceiling.” Pols said the painted ceiling has since collapsed. Pols said he responded to a […]
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Monmouth Museum takes orders for Thanksgiving goodies
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Museum is taking orders for the following sumptuous holiday delights: Cornbread; gluten-free cornbread with nuts and cranberries; cranberry-orange bread; pumpkin bread — plain, with raisins or with nuts; date and nut bread; apple bread — with chocolate chips or with nuts; pecan pie; sweet potato pie and custard pie. All breads […]
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Watercolors highlight of Prendergast exhibit at Bowdoin
BRUNSWICK — Seeing the exhibit, “Maurice Prendergast By the Sea” which is now showing at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art is a refreshing and uplifting experience. Eighty seven paintings from major museums across the country make up the selection of Prendergast works chosen by Joachim Homann, curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, […]
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The Portland Co. complex sold in deal that could transform the city’s waterfront
PORTLAND — A series of real estate transactions that have the potential to transform Portland’s waterfront closed this week. The Portland Co.’s complex at 58 Fore St. was sold on Monday to a group of developers, according to Tony McDonald, the broker with CBRE/The Boulos Co. who closed the deal. McDonald represented the property’s former […]
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History that goes way back: Oquossoc museum to host archaeology seminar
OQUOSSOC — Archaeologist Richard Michael Gramly will hold a seminar on Wednesday, Aug. 21, on the Vail Site of early Palaeo-American Indian visits to the Rangeley region. The informal talk will be held at the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum in Oquossoc, Don Palmer, president of the Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society, said in a […]
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3 Maine organizations get humanities grants
PORTLAND (AP) — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded more than $400,000 in grants to three Maine organizations. The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor is getting $220,000 and the Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association is receiving about $25,000, both for projects that aim to sustain cultural heritage collections. The Maine Humanities Council […]
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Oquossoc museum to host archaeology seminar Aug. 21 on the Vail Site
OQUOSSOC — Archaeologist Richard Michael Gramly will hold a seminar on Wednesday, Aug. 21, on the Vail Site of early Palaeo-American Indian visits to the Rangeley region. The informal talk will be held at the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum in Oquossoc, Don Palmer, president of the Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society, said Wednesday evening […]
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Colby College to reopen revamped art museum
WATERVILLE — The gleaming glass building of the Colby College Museum of Art not only stands out on campus — surrounded by the red brick, Georgian-style classrooms and dormitories — but now also stands out across Maine. A new addition means the museum now has 38,000 square feet of exhibition space, the largest in the […]