Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Riverside Park was one of the most popular recreational areas in the Bangor-Brewer-Hampden area from 1898 to 1916."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle Pastimes

"… Solar System Model Saturn X The Francis Malcolm Science Center Francis Malcolm Science Center X Presque Isle Recreation Department"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… by one of the officials from the Hampden Water Department who came out and explained that this was the town's drinking supply and it would be in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… and forth to Bangor, and steam-powered vessels departing regularly from the wharf on the Penobscot to Boston."

Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"… site is now used for launching pleasure craft and recreation. The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… was reported to her, and she would call the fire department. When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire was."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Now the waterfront is only used for recreational fun and pleasure. Joppa Looking North, Hallowell, 1870Courtesy of Sumner A."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… of Post 134 of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine, held annual field days and occasional picnics for members' families."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… plaque presentation by George Tucker of the Maine Department of Education. The principal recognized the blue ribbon award as an opportunity to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Resources

"… Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation Department." Penobscot Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation Department. Web. 24 Feb. 2012."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed, and the Department of Human Services required residents to boil their drinking water."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"It was a popular department store used by many citizens of Bath. Bath Town Hall, ca. 1908Patten Free Library The earlier building at the Grants…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"In 1926-27 the commercial department was added to the high school. The third floor of the Town Hall was given over by the Independent Order of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… Society The receipts of the office were all the department allowed for the compensation of the postmaster and mail carrier The pay was so small…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… clerk, the treasurer, the mayor, and the police department. City Hall had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo Patent, the before-mention tract of land…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Many large department stores left Bath for Brunswick and Cook's Corner. Also in 1959, passenger train service on the MCRR was discontinued."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… of watching MacMillan and his crew prepare to depart for their historic trips. Biographer E.S. Allen wrote that if anyone had "seen him start off…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… employ of the City of Portland as rod man in the Department of Public Works. He was such a good rod man that he worked himself out of that position…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… Seawind, run by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, departed Swan’s Island at seven in the morning from the Quarry Wharf in Minturn, stopped at nearby…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"While they were doing that, the Brunswick Fire Department was on its way, soon to arrive at 10:00 AM."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… of them was Officer Merrill of the Bath Police Department. He was the first to recognize the tragic fire in 1895, from the outside of the theatre…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… of Deeds, Register of Probate, and the Sheriff's Department. These offices serve all the residents of the county by enforcing laws, conducting…"