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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"The Development of an Island-wide Identity The Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast One of the last places on the Maine coast to be settled by the English was the Penobscot Bay…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"… the years, transportation has been the key to the development and growth of Presque Isle and Aroostook County."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Historical Buildings

"… historical buildings express the character and development of the community. The changing styles of architecture, the regional natural resources…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Ichabod Washburn, also of Massachusetts, developed wire to make sewing machine needles, and spring steel wire for hoop skirts and bustle supports."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… of food, clothing and shelter, to harvesting and developing the land for commerce and trade taking place both on land and at sea, and still further…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991

"The engine sports the paint scheme developed in the 1970s. Note the white lines and numbers that were added to an earlier test scheme."

Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975

"… Description Architecture commission for Development Associates Trust at Hancock Street in Bangor, ME, circa 1975."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"With the development of Bar Harbor as a summer resort, and later the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor, the steamboats were essential in…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"The police have changed and evolved in developing new ways to keep us safe. The police are a big part in the way people function in society."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Early Industry and Bombahook Industry develops quickest where raw materials meet easy transportation and ready energy, both human and otherwise."

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… through the Maine Community Heritage Project, to develop a web-based project about the town's history."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 1 of 6

"… while walking on the village trails, artistically developing landscape portraits in the dark room at his Clover Cottage home, drawing small and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"… Somes and James Richardson not only started the development, but were leaders in the governmental life of the island for many years."

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"Vocations developed taking full advantage of the bountiful natural resources; water, wood, stone. How might you have managed to get along two…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"… they were able to invest in railroads in the developing western territories, which increased their net worth to the extent they became two of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002

"… future plans for light commercial and residential development that will appear as an extension of existing town streets."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Educator Resources

"If you develop a lesson plan using information found on this website that you would like to share with other teachers, we encourage you to contact us…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its confluence…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"… concern, mainly among summer people, about over-development. Many felt that this unique place needed protection."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"Various cottage industries sprang up around the town, residential development expanded, and the “Back to the Land” movement brought some newcomers to…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"Dr. Vaughan stayed abreast of developments in medical research and through his connections in London. He became aware of Dr."