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Site Pages
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3
"… represent the Maine Woods at expositions and on boards promoting tourism. However, with the introduction of the automobile and trucking industry…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill
"These kids performed the operetta on board the yacht Shawna with car headlights from shore providing the lighting and student musicians providing…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"… quasi-municipal non-profit organization had a board of three trustees elected by the voters of the district."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows
"… in the Lewiston Historic Preservation Review Board, Greater Portland Landmarks, Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation, the Maine Arts Festival…"
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"… a period of profitability, then the decision by Boards and owners out-of-state to sell off the Biddeford and Saco "divisions" or move them down…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"The speech, later published in the Board of Agriculture report for the state of Maine, focused on the development of the county."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"… and laths were shipped to the Boston market while boards and 2’ X 4’s were sold locally. At the time of purchase, the mill was equipped with a…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"… schools' office is at one of the schools, but the school board meetings are still held at City Hall."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… Lawrence served six years on North Yarmouth’s Board of Selectmen and was elected to represent North Yarmouth in the Maine State Legislature in 1895…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"… and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade. When the building opened in 1858, Joseph Berry was Collector of Customs and Joseph C…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2
"Then she placed the clothing on a pantry board, or table, and one piece at a time ironed the clothing to get the wrinkles out."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor
"Each municipality had its Overseers of the Poor board, and the board was responsible for relieving and supporting all poor and indigent persons…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"He was a school board member, and a Captain of the Third Maine Regiment. He died on May 30, 1947. Following these first 4 important businesses and…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.
"Oil on academy board. (John Wilmerding Collection. National Gallery of Art) X Nature has spread for us a rich and delightful banquet."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5
"Although our farms have declined, the Board of Selectmen recently endorsed the state’s efforts in the promotion of farming throughout the state."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"… Free library, was a director of Bath Iron Work's board, and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath."
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"… resources were utilized right away, and "pine boards and staves (for barrells) and clapboards" were among the first things made for trading…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"… on Parker Point and the creation of The Homestead boarding house provided incentive to spend long summers along Maine’s beautiful coast."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"… tall pines ideally suited for masts and straight boards for the ships of the King’s Royal Navy. Most of the pines measured about a yard across and…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
"That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"… 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground. He immediately turned and saw Haley stuck, then raised the alarm."
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"… run through computer programming, or managed on board by a handful of staff. Train tracks are now made of steel or other metals."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford
"… the falls, cutting an estimated 50,000 feet of boards every day. Most of these products were sold in Boston, Providence and New York City."