In a recording, John Christie’s grandmother recalled the day in 1909 when she was nine years old and her father was murdered. It happened when the Adana massacre came to their village in Musa Dagh, an area in eastern Turkey.

In a recording, John Christie’s grandmother recalled the day in 1909 when she was nine years old and her father was murdered. It happened when the Adana massacre came to their village in Musa Dagh, an area in eastern Turkey.
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Pine Tree Watch was honored Saturday with 16 awards at the Maine Press Association annual conference, including seven first-place nods for last year’s “Born to Drugs” series.
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Pine Tree Watch co-founder Naomi Schalit, at center, and co-founder John Christie, at right, accept the 2017 Publick Occurrences Award on October 12. Pine Tree Watch co-founder honored with top New England journalism award New England’s leading journalism...
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