Keywords: Town reports
Item 82366
Contributed by: Berwick Historical Society Date: 1860 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on paper
Item 7846
Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Dover, 1866-1867
Contributed by: Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society Date: 1867 Location: Dover-Foxcroft Media: Paper
Exhibit
The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest
Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town
"During the town reports published in the 1960s women’s names began appearing in lists serving on committees for the town."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s
"Eaton, an early town historian, reports the first vessel launched in old Thomaston was in 1787 on the Wessaweskeag, in what is now South Thomaston."
Story
Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.
Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.
Story
How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk
My life and career as a USAF Nurse