Monday, April 30, 2018

FRANKLIN RICHARDSON, MAINE’S FAMOUS VIOLIN MAKER

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by Dale Potter-Clark Franklin Richardson was born in Mercer in 1825 where he learned from his father how to play the fife at a young a...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

CHASE & SANBORN CONNECTIONS TO CENTRAL MAINE

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by Dale Potter-Clark In walking through grocery stores I sometimes wonder about the people on product labels. Chase & Sanborn re...
Monday, May 15, 2017

ALVIN ORLANDO LOMBARD – INVENTOR AND LEGEND by Dale Potter-Clark

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Alvin O. Lombard was born in Springfield, Maine in 1856, the son of Johnson Lombard - a sawmill owner. When other boys his age were entering...
Saturday, November 5, 2016

LAFAYETTE MASONIC LODGE IN READFIELD GETS A FACELIFT

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In driving through Readfield Corner these days one cannot help but notice a change taking place. The green exterior of the “Masonic bloc...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

CAMP SKOGLUND’S WILBUR NELSON CELEBRATES 60 YEARS RUNNING A SUMMER CAMP

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Soon after the close of WWII Wilbur Nelson, a young Navy veteran from “the Garden State,” entered the New Jersey State Teachers' Colle...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

THE LEGACY OF DR. WARREN A. WRIGHT

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Dr. Warren A. Wright is a name that appears often in Readfield’s historical records and narratives. The youngest of six children, he was b...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

NELLIE FRENCH STEVENS, A DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR MAINE'S YOUTH

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The Industrial School for Girls in Hallowell opened its doors in 1875 as a place of refuge and learning for neglected and vagrant girls a...