Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… handled four hundred commissions in fifty Maine communities across the state. In 1896, George M. Coombs invited his two most experienced draftsmen…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… and Pemetic in Southwest Harbor served their communities until consolidation. The name "Mount Desert High School" has a more complicated history."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… have played an important role as members of the community into the present. In the fall of 1761, Abraham Somes arrived on Mount Desert Island…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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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."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… and build the Mechanics Institute, now known as the Community Center, a recreation and educational center for the people of the community."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… BUILDINGS History of Buildings By Piscataquis Community Middle School 8th Grade Students Included in the next 5 pages: 1) Odd Fellows Hall, Bank…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Road, was established in 1894 as the town's first community library. Lura A. Hamilton, wife of Horatio Hamilton, was the librarian, and the library…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Cumberland, together with five of our neighboring communities, were all part of Ancient North Yarmouth."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Jeremy Porter's house was built in the area where the gas pumps at White Elephant are located today. That home later became the Hotel Strong."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Blck Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950, 2005, University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Grindle, launched there on July 4 with a large community wide celebration. Nothing is left today to show that a once busy shipyard operated at the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… in 1855 to meet the needs of Bangor's growing community and its demand for more business space and for a place to host community activities."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"(Superintendant's Report) The Community Center Farmington Community Center was built during WW II."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"By him giving back to the community all the time, he shows that Mainers aren’t selfish and always try help the community in some way, such as funding…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Telegram, Sunday June 11, 1939 Big House Little House Back House Barn. Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Spirits were not long dampened, though, and the community pulled together as always, focusing on the necessary, cleaning up the aftermath, repairing…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Faithful employees and many other community members worked long and hard to clean up and regroup. In 1988, the name again changed, this time to…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"This research was done by students at Carrabec Community School The Strickland Mill by C.M. and B.T."