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Luigi Bernardini and the Boston Shoe Store

Posted on June 20, 2022 by schsuser
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Main Street in the 1950s Six years ago when the Boston Shoe Store closed we did an article on the history of the store, shown above in the 1950s when the wooden block from the corner of Monroe Street to … Continue reading →

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The Warden Murders (part 2)

Posted on June 20, 2022 by schsuser
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Calvin Graves shot and killed two game wardens near Wesley in November 1886 When we left the story of Calvin Graves, Graves had fled from Fletcher Brook near Wesley where he had killed two games wardens, Lyman Hill and Charles … Continue reading →

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The Warden Murders (part 1)

Posted on June 20, 2022 by schsuser
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Boston Globe November 10 1886 In the fall of 1886, two Maine game wardens were shot and killed by Calvin Graves at Fletcher Brook near Wesley. While we don’t know the history of the Maine Warden Service, we are unaware … Continue reading →

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Old Yeller and the State Theatre

Posted on June 20, 2022 by schsuser
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Rare framed ad owned by local collector Those of us who grew up in Calais in the 50s spent far too much time, at least according to adults, hanging around the bowling alley or inveigling money them to go the … Continue reading →

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Andrews Hotel and Tobacco Stand

Posted on May 10, 2022 by schsuser
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The Israel Andrews Hotel about 1900 From at least the early 1870s until March 3, 1989, a large wooden building occupied the riverside corner of Whitney and Main Streets in Calais. The building was originally a part of J.A. Murchie’s … Continue reading →

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Irish Town

Posted on May 10, 2022 by schsuser
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Note: This piece was written by Harry Edgar “Ned” Lamb (b. October 10, 1874), founding member of the SCHS and noted local historian/journalist. It was published in The Calais Advertiser. The first road in Calais from Mill­town was down what … Continue reading →

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Sam Kelley’s murder revisited

Posted on May 10, 2022 by schsuser
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1883 saw perhaps Calais’s most notorious murder when Herbert Eaton, ne’er-do-well heir to one of the Eaton family’s lumbering fortunes, shot his brother and business partner Joseph and a friend Samuel Kelley for no reason other than he was apparently … Continue reading →

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The “Seal Nose” scam

Posted on May 10, 2022 by schsuser
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Joe Nicholas 1974  Joseph Nicholas of Pleasant Point is shown above entertaining Bernice MacDougall’s kindergarten class at Thanksgiving 1974. Tribal Representative in the Augusta, holder of nearly every important tribal office locally and noted humorist and raconteur, Joe was a … Continue reading →

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More Tales of the Airline

Posted on April 11, 2022 by schsuser
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Airline Road Aurora 1936 Airline Road Breakneck Hill near Wesley very early Today a drive over the Airline is a breeze, the road is entirely paved, near switchbacks and 90 degree turns have been removed and there are long passing … Continue reading →

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A walk along Main Street Calais 1960 (part 2)

Posted on April 11, 2022 by schsuser
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The below text is from an article written for  the Calais Advertiser in 1960 by Carol Obliskey who most of us know as Carol Ann Nicholson. We have added photos of the businesses she describes. Not all are 1960 but … Continue reading →

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