Maine Memory Network

Portland Water District

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… were 'managing' for 150 years), and with a diminishment of Tribal sovereignty based on clauses in the Act treating tribes as 'municipalities.'"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"By 1942, what was once Bangor Municipal Airport became Dow Air Force Base through which thousands of soldiers passed."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… West Bath separated from Bath to become its own municipality in 1844. When Sagadahoc County was created in 1854, Bath became the county seat."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… Park Dedication X By the mid 1980s, a municipal office and fire department had been built near the school and after that, the town continued to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"It also includes municipal records for towns settled by the company, most notably Brunswick, Maine, with warrants and reports."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"The past of a nation or municipality tells largely for its future. Surry's past, Surry's present go to ensure a future that ought to be delightful…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Each municipality had its Overseers of the Poor board, and the board was responsible for relieving and supporting all poor and indigent persons…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… opposed the chosen location of a new school, forcing the municipal officers to designate a lot for the Surry Village School, which opened in 1872."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"In those days, there was no municipal landfill. Instead homeowners dumped rubbish in back of their houses."

Nylander Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… base was underway that incorporated the city's municipal airport. Two thousand civilians labored around the clock during that spring to build the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(C) Annual report of the municipal officers of the town of Biddeford. Biddeford, Me. : The Town. 1860-66. (C) Baker, Emerson W."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the water, electric and sewer systems and a new municipal building. This period of prosperity also led to the expansion and eventual consolidation…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… drawings done in 1928-1929 - originally for a Municipal Building. But the drawings reflect the style of the present day Mallett School."