Tag Archives: Canada

The Acadian Expulsion

Posted on August 13, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Vaughn C. Hardacker here: In my last blog I wrote about one of my more infamous ancestors, Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860 – 1927). The familial link to Lizzie was only one of the surprises I got while doing a detailed … Continue reading →

Posted in Vaughn's Posts | Tagged Acadia, Acadians, Canada, CMA 2014, history, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia., Quebec, World Acadian Congress 2014 | 2 Comments

Lobster Wars Go Global

Posted on August 11, 2012 by mcwarchives

Listen to today’s news in Maine and you’ll hear about an ongoing dispute between our state and Canada, a disagreement over lobster that has folks on both sides of the border seeing red. Vicki Doudera here, wondering this: what it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Vicki's Posts | Tagged Canada, Friendship, Linda Greenlaw, lobster wars, lobstering, Matinicus, New Brunswick, Owls Head, Vicki Doudera | 6 Comments

The British Are Coming! To Castine! by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Posted on July 3, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Tomorrow, we celebrate the day when the nascent United States of America declared its independence from Great Britain. (So far-sighted of our Founding Fathers to do it in July. Sure, they were sweating it out in wool coats back then, … Continue reading →