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Acadia National Park

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

"… of Pythias received its charter through an act of the US Congress. It was founded by Justus H."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… this small village became incorporated with the act passed by the legislature of the State of Massachusetts."

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

"… in 1991; the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980; and recent legislative victories during 2021-2022 supporting Passamaquoddy clean water and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"He acted as the company agent in London. Vassal worked for the proprietors locating copies of old patents and deeds within governmental archives, as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… of the jurisdictional confusion which for so long acted as a block to European expansion would be a false sense of continuity and precedent which…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"In 1807 the Embargo Act was passed by Congress, forbidding all international trade to and from American ports; with this, President Thomas Jefferson…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General Court…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"This act was originally designed to protect the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad from the risk of building a railroad in such a rural area as Aroostook…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection still acts as the point of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Arsene Lupin and five Vaudevillian acts christened the new theater and before long, the Criterion became the center of upscale entertainment activity…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians, dancers, singers, musical vaudeville, acrobats and aerialists, slapstick comedy…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Their opening act of as of 1913 was “Odiva,” the queen of mermaids. According to The Bath Daily Times of November 24, 1913, she showed a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Oliver Moses was renowned for his character. Acting quickly during the the Know-Nothing Riots of 1854, Moses walked into the angry mob to stop the…"

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

"… park along the banks of the Kenduskeag Stream to act as both open space and firebreak through the middle of downtown."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… man in his hometown for doing such a heroic act. In 1996, the U.S. Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S."

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

"… of Maine to abrogate previous legislative act allowing existence of the Southgate Diking Company."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… resisted for five years, but finally signed an Act of Submission in July 1658 and the town was incorporated as Scarborough."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… a citizen.” The Legislature granted Cumberland an Act of Incorporation in 1821, over the objections of many North Yarmouth residents."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… was said to be a good employee, but he supposedly acted quite suspicious. The evidence was very circumstantial."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… York City pulled together a repertory theater and acting school in an old farmhouse and barn on Route 172. Playhouse, Surry, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… raised in Rumford, to enact the 1972 Clean Water Act at the federal level. Interior of Congregational Church, Rumford Point, 1909Greater…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"The Town of Rumford was incorporated by act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1800, at which time the name of New Pennacook was changed to…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… Nursing at Mercy from 1952 until 1974, and named Acting Director of the hospital in 1972 for a short time."