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My Maine Stories
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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.
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A Splash of Water
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
Reminisce of a lifetime on Little Sebago Lake
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Water is Music
by P Leone
Throughout her life water has played an important part
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My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
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The Point
by Norma K. Salway
In the summer, on the eastern shore of Songo, kids dove from a leaning tree
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Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin
Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.
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A Loon's World
by Norma Salway
Loons on Songo Pond
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Float like a water lily
by Nancy R.
Learning to swim on Wilson Pond in Wayne, and synchronized swimming in college.
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Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
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Dan Gagne: The story behind Biddeford’s legendary speed skater
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Stories from a competitive athlete with countless awards and contributions to his community
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Lionel "Toots" Bouthot: A life filled with music
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From the age of 5, a lifetime of contributing to the musical fabric of Biddeford.
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My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.
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"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria
Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.
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Rest Stop in Scarborough, Maine
by Lee Evans
This is about our first visit to Maine in 1998. My wife and I moved here from Maryland in 2007.
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What Maine Means to Me
by Nicolette B. Meister
How a friendship created a lifelong love of Maine.
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Why environmental advocacy is critical for making baskets
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
My advocacy work for the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
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From Pee Wee to Pro The Maine Way
by Danny Bolduc
I am the very first person from Maine to have played hockey in the Olympics and in the NHL.
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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
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Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.
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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
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Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR