Monthly Archives: August 2016

The Acadians of York County – Few but not Forgotten

A threat to security; a liability on the public purse; unwanted and unwelcome.  Those sentiments have been applied to today’s refugees, especially this election cycle – but they were also the feelings of many New Englanders to the thousands of Acadians who found themselves placed in towns across Massachusetts (including the District of Maine) in […]

“The World’s Greatest College Athlete” – and Maine Olympian – Robert Legendre

When the United States Olympic athletes appear in the opening ceremonies of the 2016 games in Rio, they’ll be wearing shoes made in Auburn by Rancourt & Co., a Franco-American family company with deep roots in the city’s shoemaking history.  But they won’t be the first Franco-American contribution of Maine’s Twin Cities to the Games.  […]