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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… coworker, Lillian McDonald, by bashing her on the head with a metal pipe and then incinerating her body."

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

"The name "New" Portland was thus due to its roots to the original Portland. People came to live there in 1783, but the town was officially…"

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

"New Portland Community Library New Portland Community Library X Click here to explore the New Portland Community Library Website! In 1988 a…"

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

"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Louis Derry. That same year the Record Room opened. The close relationship between the hospital and wider community has been a feature of Portland…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… standard radiographic table; a Franklin head unit and new therapy machine.” Other enhancements improved health outcomes for growing numbers of…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… you hear a word of it, you can see it in your head. You feel so bad; Miriam’s friends were gone."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… – 1874 • Due to increasing ship traffic Quoddy Head Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head •…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… of Ebenezer Wormell, lightkeeper at West Quoddy Head Light Station in the 1840s-50s, which explains Almeda’s locater, South Lubec Road...the…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Adams, who owned a store at the head of the ferry wharf; R.H. Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head recorded as many as 17 outbound and 15 inbound craft passing the Head in September 1874."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… Miriam Kelley” along with Leah Wilcox.* The Portland newspaper published photos of Miriam along with high schooler Wyman Ramsdell who “managed to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… post offices whenever a sailboat happened to be heading through. As population grew, the volume of mail increased and more post offices were built."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"… coat with a flat fold over closure and early full headed sleeves set very high at the back; a Longfellow family spencer or short jacket; a mid-calf…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… the business in 1872; relocated from New York to Portland, ME., and married Henrietta Mason of Portland."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… wave and Captain Lermond’s wife was struck on the head by a beam that had become dislodged. Mrs. Lermond was washed overboard and her body floated…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… along with William and Cyrus King, he headed the Scarborough Turnpike Corporation, which built the Cumberland Turnpike."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… The Scarborough Turnpike Corporation, headed by Dr. Southgate and brothers William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"To receive better recognition Marley ended up heading down to Boston, Massachusetts and doing stand up there."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… seasonal weather conditions, mosquitoes, green-headed flies and midges that bother diggers on the flats."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"In 1802 the Scarborough Turnpike Corporation, headed by Robert Southgate and brothers William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike, the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Savage family and neighborhood of Asticou dove head first into and played a key role in the hospitality business on Mount Desert Island."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… we got [to] the tin bridge that we didn't need head lights and when struck there the flames looked miles high in front of us and you can imagine…"