William Ladd of Minot was once hailed as America’s ‘Apostle of Peace’

The former 19th century sea captain's writing and lectures helped spur the creation of the American Peace Society and, ultimately, the United Nations.

The day the dirty trickster apologized to Muskie

Maine’s Edmund Muskie: ‘Good-humored’ but with a ‘temper that verged on the volcanic’

Known for his environmental legacy, Muskie, according to then-Sen. Joe Biden, 'never believed that a career in politics obliged his head to divorce his heart.'

How Mainer Edmund Muskie’s tirade a half-century ago may have cost him the White House

One of the most successful dirty tricks in American political history wiped away the presidential hopes of Rumford's favorite son in 1972.

Readfield-area students gain cool experience with Maine history through ice harvesting

Maranacook Community Middle School teacher Dan Holman has tried for years to make ice harvesting happen for his students and has never seen a public school have an opportunity like the students did on Wednesday.

When 3 divas put Maine atop the world stage

Three Maine women born in the middle of the 1800s were counted among the globe's top singers during opera's heyday.

Lewiston’s best restaurant refused to serve Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘spiritual mentor’

Fearing a racist response from other diners in 1945, the DeWitt Hotel refused to allow Benjamin Mays, a prominent Bates College graduate who had come to speak in the city, to eat in its public dining room.

The strange, cruel spectacle of horse diving once drew big crowds in Maine

Sometimes women clung to the horses as they made their 'suicide jumps' from platforms 40 feet high or more, with riders sometimes injured or even blinded.

Chances are nobody will ever again see Maine’s first big movie, viewed worldwide a century ago

'The Rider of the King Log,' by well-known Auburn writer Holman Day, featured log drives, dam explosions, romance and more, but it has utterly vanished since its debut in 1921

Restoration of Starling Hall in Fayette has come a long way, but has much farther to go

Starling Hall was built in 1879 and is the state's first Grange Hall. Efforts to revive the building have been limited by funding, and the group seeks $600,000 to finish the job.