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‘Live while you are living. (But save for the future)’
CAMDEN — Few have loved and honored one’s hometown more steadfastly than Barbara F. Dyer, who died Feb. 2, 2022, peacefully at the…
Happy birthday, Barbie D.!
There used to be a story for children about Little Toot. It has been a long time since I heard it, but I believe it was about a little train trying to make a big hill. So it…
What are groupies? According to Google, groupies are people, especially young women, who follow music groups in hopes of getting to know them. Well, we certainly heard about them in the different…
Today I have a yarn to spin, one that beats any previously created tangled web.
It all began several weeks ago, when, as a knitter, I was making winters hats for children. I, personally…
Down to the sea
Natives and newcomers alike are all familiar with Hosmer Pond. It became more known about 1934, when the Snow Bowl was built and the winter carnivals were held there, as a notable event. That body…
Down to the Sea
It is interesting to look back on changes in Camden at what seems to be just a few years ago. A great source is the Camden Herald which was first published in 1869, and when we lost it one…
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My desire is to tell you a story, and you probably won't believe it. I guess I am a story teller, but I always tell the truth. This article is about my Great Aunt Mary Christmas. Yes, it is a true…
A poem
WINTER
Again it is winter
Everywhere it is snow.
Some people so love it,
Others wish it would go.
Maybe a “White Christmas”
About some…
A very familiar landmark in Camden is the Archway on Union Street. It was placed there in July 1926 by the Board of Trade, before we had a Chamber of Commerce. The members felt that in many towns…
The chipmunk was once called “chitmunk” from the native Ottawa word meaning “red squirrel.” Nothing is any cuter than a chipmunk, unless it’s two chipmunks. Everyone will not agree with me on that…
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It was 113 years ago on August 30 that Camden saw one of its largest parades. The date was August 30, 1906, when the town paid tribute to William Conway, a Civil War veteran, who had been dead…
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How much thought have you given to the “Soldiers' Monument” that stands to attention in Harbor Park, as you pass by it whenever you go through Main Street in Camden? It took only eight women to…
‘that is what you drive if you are not in a nursing home’
After purchasing at least 25 automobiles of all makes, models, and colors, I retired and decided to trade my van in for a sporty car. The salesman, with whom I had traded many years, said, “I have…
June is the month when we recognize the many students who have spent 13 years studying to prepare for college or work. Many students have sent in their applications and made the decision for the…
I certainly do not want to start a Revolution
People keep asking, “Why don't you write about James Richards, because he was the first settler of Camden.”
Well I thought everyone knew about him, but because my paternal grandmother was a…
The “sentinels of the Maine Coast” are numerous, with a lot of history, and they come in various sizes, shapes, colors and vary in height. All are very popular with tourists and…
You need a break from the articles about the 1900s. But a big event happened in 1969 that needs to be remembered, because the first settler, James Richards, arrived in Camden by boat in 1769. Two…
‘I have heard a lot of tourists say that nowhere they have traveled was there a prettier ride than up the Old Penobscot River’
No, I never did have a ride on the “Boston Boat,” but I do remember going to meet it when my grandfather came back from Boston. He was private captain for Charles Dana Gibson, one of…
A lot has happened on this tiny Camden street: industry, romance, business
There have been many changes in all of the business district of Camden-by-the-Sea since its first days of incorporation in 1771.
One section that has come to mind is Tannery…
Down by the sea
In a recent article, “Importance of Advertising,” I mentioned the steamer that I had not before heard about, and maybe because it was in an article printed in 1899. The booklet was Camden by…
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All newspapers and booklets depend on advertising to help pay for the publishing, and they have for many years. I believe that the contents of the newspaper depend upon the amount of…
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Summer or winter,
Spring and Fall,
Camden, Maine
Enjoys them all.
Our hills and…
Who’s Who at Mountain View II
Barbara F. Dyer has done it again. Tucked away in her cozy Camden home, in the company of her large — and imperious — black cat, Shadow, the town’s official historian has been working over the…
