The truth behind a legendary Mainer

They say Conrad Heyer crossed the Delaware with Washington, fought at Bunker Hill and is the earliest-born person to appear in a photograph, but . . .

Lewiston man’s Civil War letters ‘a witness to some of our nation’s most important moments of history’

George Nye may be the only soldier who rose from private to general.

Wildfires remain a long-term threat to almost two-thirds of the properties in Maine

Maine has a history of major wildfires that have over the years left towns in ruins.

Unfurling the facts in the 1901 Maine state flag debate

History, politics and design sensibilities collide as residents of the Pine Tree State consider which banner to embrace.

A doctor from Auburn died at Custer’s side at Little Big Horn

George Edwin Lord, educated in Auburn, became an Army surgeon after the Civil War and met a grisly fate.

Excerpts from George Lord’s letters to Annie Hooper in 1874

A hero during the Civil War, Maine’s Andrew Tozier turned to crime when he returned home

Two years after gaining renown at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Litchfield native robbed a Livermore Falls clothing store and more. But another hero intervened and helped secure Tozier's legacy.

By planes, trains and boats, Santa’s arrival in Lewiston once created holiday hoopla

If you’ve soured on B&M beans, get sweet on baking your own

It's a simple process, but choices along the way can help you find a signature recipe.

‘No hunting ground left — the moose, the deer and beaver are all gone’

A newly discovered 1839 letter spotlights the poverty and powerlessness of a Penobscot Nation trying to survive.