Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… the stores has been closed, and none...have been cleaned out of foodstuffs.” Two dealers S.B. Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"Leave cleaning, restoration and repair to historic textile experts. Store it unfolded or preferably rolled in archival paper and box."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Some preferred to use buckets to bring the water to the tub. The water was cold. She usually started this in the morning because the clothes took all…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… Elementary School Librarian Jami Badershall was cleaning the back room of the library, and she started going through cardboard boxes."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"The clean-up for the flood started on February 4, 1976, just two days after the flood hit. Many of the townspeople went out in boats to help others."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Clean Air of 1963 and The Clean Water of 1965 Acts caused the Ethyl to act quickly, as both were mandated for completion by the end of 1976."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow..” Ice Table frozen in place.Hubbard Free Library “It was a tough time then."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… it was letting them stay with you or helping cleaning up there yard or anything else where there to help” said Lynette Bell."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… donate a Civil War Monument to the park if it was cleaned up and the bandstand was removed. The cleanup began."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow. Ice Table frozen in place.Hubbard Free Library Cutting ice on Cascade Pond.Hubbard…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"People were stuck in their houses for weeks and ran out of food, water and were without power for days or weeks."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"In recent years, the cleaned-up river has attracted a new type of industry. Tourists flock to the river in greater numbers each year to enjoy the…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… which was an old chicken house that was never cleaned out. Luckily they were in there because lightning had struck the backstop."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… and recent legislative victories during 2021-2022 supporting Passamaquoddy clean water and Wabanaki economic interests in the gaming industry."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… other community members worked long and hard to clean up and regroup. In 1988, the name again changed, this time to Guilford of Maine, Inc."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Because of the lack of very clean drinking water and proper food supply, many people starved or died from disease."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… together as always, focusing on the necessary, cleaning up the aftermath, repairing and rebuilding. We were still in a boom despite the setback."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… born and raised in Rumford, to enact the 1972 Clean Water Act at the federal level. Interior of Congregational Church, Rumford Point…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean themselves. They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a cold lodge until very…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Whatever they would catch, the woman would skin clean and prepare. In the winter hunting became less popular because of the coldness."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Bridge Clubs were also popular. Houses were cleaned from top to bottom in order to prepare for club meetings."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"They would have had to clean it out and tear the old building down. There are tons of ways that having the spool mill in town has benefited the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean water system for the village; the system was developed because of the need of water for both…"