Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… in 1965, and insisted “I have never known such Christian charity, patience and love” as at Mercy, and later gushed that “Never shall I forget the…"

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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First Parish in Portland

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… instructed them and inform [ed] them to their Christian virtues. I'm in the district that lies between Acadia and New England."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… had no prior intention of founding a religious community, Catherine and two companions took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and an additional…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… commitment to providing affordable care to the community led it to depend on donations to balance the books."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… enduring relationship to the greater Portland community, securing over $300,000 from 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive."

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… Hospital's commitment to the greater Portland community, through compassionate and high-quality healthcare."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… part of the institution’s contribution to the community from its opening in 1920 until the last class graduated in 1987."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Executive Director and oversaw a partnership with Community Housing of Maine for expansion into a new, child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… off during November in Portland and surrounding communities. By the time it ended, the Spanish Flu had claimed over 5,000 lives in the state."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… close relationship between the hospital and wider community has been a feature of Portland life since the early days of the institution, and 1933…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… Mercy, but also the ties that the hospital has to communities across the region. Sister Annunciata, Portland, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… email: hcorrigan@rsu1.org Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Project Overview In June of 2008, the community partnership of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library, the Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a city in 1847. It was also the place to store files but people thought that it wasn't a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Bringing entertainment to the community and bringing business to Bath and surrounding areas were two of the most important."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The library is funded by member communities including Bath, West Bath, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Woolwich, and Phippsburg."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… has always been trademarked for its cultural, community, and local importance, while Centre Street has long been the main route for people to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… became the first central business district of the community. By 1800, Bath’s population was 1225, testimony to remarkable growth from the early…"

Caribou Public Library

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"A devout Christian Scientist, he designed the First Church of Christ Scientist in Auburn. From 1978 until his death in 1999, Gridley Barrows devoted…"

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

"Baptists, Methodists, Advent Christians, and the Church of God established organizations with time. The religious communities on the island continue…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"A news story in the September 1, 1938 Christian Science Monitor reported that two of Litchfield’s violins were taken to the North Pole by Arctic…"