Keywords: Eastern Closing
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"March 8, 1968: Eastern Fine’s Lincoln and Brewer mills close unexpectedly when the costs of running the mill outweigh the benefits for the Standard…"
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Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links
"… 2:00PM - 5:30PM Sat 10:00AM - 2:00PM Sun Closed Eastern Publishing Company Photographs of Hallowell NewEnglandTowns.org brings together historic…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"The Eastern Railroad ceased to exist. It had been taken over by the Boston & Maine and had become the Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship
"Going through the Eastern Maine tournament, Hampden upset No. 1 seed Bangor and No. 2 seed Oxford Hills of South Paris. They also beat No."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"… was one of the premier entertainment spots in Eastern Maine. Back then, just ten cents bought lucky area residents a carefree ride on an open…"
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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"In 1957, Eastern broke ground on a new $11 million dollar bleached Kraft mill on the site of the current mill; and, in 1958, the mill switched from…"
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4
"… focusing on the last herring smokehouse in the eastern United States and its collections. Known locally as McCurdy’s, it survived until 1990."
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"… conservation and preservation work along the eastern end of Mount Desert Island had been completed."
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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2
"… shows how deep the snow is in some parts of Eastern Maine this winter, as the result of repeated storms."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"… trestle over the marsh, Foxwell’s Brook and the Eastern Railroad. An S-shaped trestle was built to correct both a dangerous curve and crossing…"
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"… 1754 – 1763 • Maine Indians forced north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to Maine and other New…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School
"… Normal Schools in the State, one located in its eastern region, and one in its western. Stipulations for any locality hoping to secure one of these…"
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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"Between 1860 and 1900, four shipyards closed, the mines failed, and the town's population dropped 25 percent. Perhaps F.B."
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"… and selling land to summer residents along the Eastern shore of Northeast Harbor. Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor…"
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"Curtis purchased 40 acres of land on the Eastern bank of Northeast Harbor, built three houses by the time of his death, and forged a close…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4
"… Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of fifteen eastern seaboard states. Federal regulations are covered under the auspices of the National…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"… Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons, and Knights of Pythias. With a decline of industry and jobs, the population…"
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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry
"… Massachusetts General Court, anxious to see the "eastern lands" settled, readily made grants of land to individuals or larger groups."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… waves of immigrants, in the person of Italian and Eastern European masons, came to build them, while Canadians from Quebec and the Maritimes came…"
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"… River, through the Great Lakes, and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake of the Woods (the intersection of modern-day Ontario, Minnesota, and…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"… universally recognized as the business center of Eastern Maine, and rapidly coming to the front as the metropolis of the Northeast." Edward…"