Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… fostered friendships throughout the larger island community. One resident for whom music helped create bonds with others was Clyde Torrey."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"Landscape design, parks, urban planning, and planned communities represent a smaller, but growing portion of the listed holdings."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"About the Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP) The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and…"

Bethel Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"In 1838 the church underwent a major renovation by dividing the meeting house into two stories – services being held on the upper floor, and the…"

New Sweden Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"In the Levensaler Block, on the adjacent corner, the Thomaston Public Library was formed in 1899. Today the library is housed in the town-owned…"

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

"These historic community boundaries are still respected, and many young fishermen might fish where family before him fished, but today anyone goes…"

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

"Another important outreach program, Gary’s House, provides gracious space for patients and/or families whose loved one is undergoing medical care."

Skyline Farm

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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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…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"When the new library was built the New Portland Historical Society was given use of the area that housed the library."

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The company also built a large boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row for their workers’ families, a stable and two barns."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… Couple from Hallowell X If all members of the community did not set out to “be right on all occasions,” they did act on their reform impulses."

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"He commended the hard work of those who helped make the new school a reality. "The town can now continue educating it's children at home and have a…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"In this context, the Malaga mixed-race community was viewed as a burden, an eyesore, and a possible impediment to economic growth."

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Braeburn hotel, the Turner house, either way, the lots have housed people for just under one hundred years."