Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
March 13, 1886 Albert William Stevens, who achieved renown as a balloonist and aerial photographer during his service in the U.S. Army, was born in the city of Belfast, Maine. He was the third child of Nathan and Alice Whitten. After his mother died only five months after his birth, he was adopted by Andrew... Continue Reading →
Edward Olney was born on July 26, 1799, in the town of Union in Maine’s mid-coast region. He was a member of the Penobscot Tribe, which is now formally called the Penobscot Nation. Olney first enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1843. Olney eventually left this military branch but rejoined it in 1863 in the... Continue Reading →
January 29, 2018 As a key part of a major reconstruction project in the city of Portsmouth, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) closed the Stark Street Bridge to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic. This structure, dating back to the 1940s and crossing over the U.S. Route 1 Bypass (US 1 Byp), was shut... Continue Reading →
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