Slow as it might seem to be, the snow actually begins to melt away in mid-March, and the basketball season wraps up with a final four game series. Soon after, there are spring sports days on campus that focus on track and baseball teams discussing their expectations and anticipating their victory stories. Here are just
A special place in the polar-plunge world is held for those who participate in the spring stream races. These water sport enthusiasts not only brave very cold water but also navigate sometimes treacherous water currents in many kinds of vessels. Here are some of the local news reports of the adventures and misadventures of the
It is that time of year when everyone is sooo over the snowy season, and yet it hangs on, and basketball is the only relief in sight. For those who can’t get enough, here are several high school basketball clips originally broadcast during the 1960s and 1970s. These are part of the project digitizing Maine
Toward the end of February it is, perhaps, necessary to believe that spring is just around the corner. There have been a couple of solid winter months, after all, and here are some clips from broadcast television, though many decades ago, to remind us of where we have been. The truth is that winter is
February tries to be cheerful. There are holidays like Valentines/Palentines Day and Presidents Day mid-month. But its hard to be enthusiastic after so many days of weary weather and trying times. That makes a trip to the archive all the more fun! Look at what happened during some other February, just out of sight. Here
The recent challenges to long-standing natural resources statutory laws are an opportunity to revisit the origins of these regulations. Senator Edmund Muskie was a leader 50 years ago in the Clean Water Act, but he began championing its necessity as early as his 1957 inauguration speech when he assumed governorship of Maine. The link below
Yes, President Jimmy Carter did spend some time in Maine. Here are two news clips from those moments in the mid-1970s, as many pause to recollect his very long life. https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/5541 https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/15411 More will be digitized from the news archives, with NEH funding support.
Nothing says winter sports like ice hockey — indoor, outdoor, morning, noon, and night — for the enthusiast. Here are some 1970s clips from the local news archives recently digitized for those who just can’t get enough. https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/20199 https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/16836 https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/18229 https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/26296 https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/14765 https://collection.oldfilm.org/Detail/occurrences/14803
So many changes are predicted for 2025! With the holiday hustle, seasonal scheduling drift, and general uneasiness around social disharmony, it is easy to cast a wary eye at the new year. Calming comfort, however, can be found among the 50-year-old local news reports now being digitized and methodically uploaded to the NHF searchable database,
Robert Skoglund, known as The humble farmer, recently died, and many, including humorist Tim Sample, noted the loss with tributes and recollections. Clips of Skoglund, and other Maine entertainers, can be found in several of the NHF television collections. Here is a 1991 segment from the WCVB Chronicle collection. The interview with Skoglund is about
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