How Lewiston-Auburn reacted to the moon landing 50 years ago

While some residents expressed skepticism about the cost of the Apollo missions, others were wowed by them.

When boxer John L. Sullivan came to Lewiston, he proved a ‘gigantic fizzle’

When the world's first heavyweight boxing champion visited Lewiston in 1885 for an exhibition match, it didn't go well.

An Auburn murder in 1867 led to political feud in Augusta

Maine's top politicians clashed after the Civil War over the hanging of a former slave.

Auburn’s high-seas mutiny hangings

One of Maine's last executions took place in Auburn in 1858, when two men went to the gallows before a crowd of 7,000 for murder and mutiny aboard a Bath brig in the Caribbean.

Medical pioneers in Auburn and Lewiston were a mixed bag

In an era of quackery and fraud, early doctors sought to provide health care.

Dr. J.F. True’s Elixir: The medicine that made Auburn famous

Maine: It happened here first

The state's do-it-yourself spirit has led to many innovations over the years, from earmuffs to doughnut holes and maybe even a universal snub.

How a Bates College professor from Turner helped forge Edmund Muskie's political career

Dressing for the weather — 1800s' style

Remembering Roselle Coury, Maine’s ‘first lady broadcaster’