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July 26, 2009 - August 1, 2009 Archives


Maine Native American history must be told

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

BY DONNA LORING (This is from the current issue of the New England Journal of Higher Education.) In 2001, I authored legislation that required all public schools in Maine to teach Maine Indian history. On June 14 of that......

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The temptations of freelancing; pie and oysters

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Nancy Hill, Rose White (2008) oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches, at the Clark Gallery, in Lincoln, Mass. This is a tasty part of the "Flower Power II'' show, an eclectic group exhibition featuring work in all media......

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Border solidity; Vermont sun; sick swabs; garters with gall

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

-- Commentary and photo by WILLIAM MORGAN Remember all those handsome 19th-Century signposts that added to New England's quaint flavor? If they did not fall into disrepair, they were replaced by over-zealous and ever more aesthetically illiterate highway departments,......

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