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Gone But Not Forgotten
Maine State Museum Leads New Research on the Extinct Sea Mink In April 2025, Maine State Museum curator of natural science Dr. Paula Work and former Maine State Museum staff members Bruce Bourque and Robert Lewis published a groundbreaking study in the Journal of Quaternary Research that illuminates some mysteries of the now-extinct sea mink. […]
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Samantha Smith: America’s Youngest Ambassador
Samantha was the girl from Manchester, Maine, who, in 1982, as a ten-year-old, wrote to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, questioning his commitment to world peace.
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