Maine Memory Network

Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music
by Ken Brooks

How I became a country and bluegrass musician

I worked for International Paper for 40 years
by Peter Crosson

I was never bored working in instrumentation at International Paper

The $ame Band
by Mike Laskey

Maine's punk rock band, 1977

Bull Moose
by Chris Brown

The history of Bull Moose Music, one of Maine's favorite music stores

Saturday Evening Dances at the Westport Town Hall
by Deborah G. Greenleaf

Fond Memories of Westport Island

Mike Remillard shares his in-depth knowledge of our community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

You will learn a lot from Mike's fascination with many topics from church organs to submarines.

First night on the pulp pile at zero degrees, to mill foreman
by Arthur Benedetto

I worked my way up in International Paper, moving from the pick ax pile to a foreman on computers

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide