Maine Memory Network

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

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"Presque Isle: Presque Isle Civic Roundtable, Inc., 1859-1959. Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk through History."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"… and lined with trees by William Keith and other civic-minded citizens, and has since been known as the Mall on West Main Street."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"A town civic center was built in 1980, and six years later the Surry Elementary School, which replaced the Claude L."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… Dummer held several prominent roles in the civic life of Hallowell. He served as the town's first postmaster from 1794 to 1802."

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

"Microfilm. Manning, Warren H. and The Civic Improvement Committee. Bangor City Plan: The Burned District. Bangor, ME: May 22, 1911."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"… service that benefits the community and fosters civic engagement--something that is very important to Scarborough Middle School and is an essential…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Typically, civic leaders commissioned them for promotional purposes.Boston Public Library There was one of the finest masquerade balls ever given at…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"January 9,1998. •DAY 3. By this time Augusta Civic Center became a shelter for people without power. January 10, 1998. •DAY 4."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… were still with out power ended up going to a civic center where it would be warmer. Governor Angus King said that the cost to CMP and Bangor Hydro…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… on Major General Henry Knox’s many business and civic ventures in Thomaston. The Thomaston Public Library is the fourth member of Thomaston's group."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… framing scholarship, programs, exhibitions, and civic dialog about land and waterways in Maine. This project was made possible in part by the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… the second day an emergency ‘home’ at the Augusta Civic Center was opened and people were coming in by about twenty- five people an hour."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… (Whittier) Greenwood 1862-1958: Philanthropist, civic leader, suffragette who testified before Maine's state legislature for a woman's right to…"

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Franco-American Collection

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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… continue his usefulness and uplifting influence in the city which he loved and to whose civic improvement he devoted much attention and energy.”"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"He was also involved in civic projects, including the construction of a meeting house and the formation of local militia companies."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… like the Rainbow Girls and some high school civic students who attended town meetings. The town continues to hold meetings here."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… their tournament games were played at the Augusta Civic Center. Both Stephens and Rumford High School had a number of successful basketball teams…"

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

"A Civic Improvement Committee worked with a Boston consultant to make recommendations to rebuild and improve the city."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He was asked to speak at civic events and made several radio talk show appearances. Shep Hurd was proud of his involvement in the capture of the…"

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

"… North Yarmouth also wanted their own church and civic center close to where they lived. They worked hard to make it happen."

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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