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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… were drafted, but not accepted so the entire planning board resigned in frustration. The Town Dump closed for good and a crude transfer station was…"

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

"… a walking path and erected some signage but they plan to keep the island wild and uninhabited while still allowing the fisherman their limited use…"

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… of Mercy Health System, Eileen Skinner, oversaw plans for a new, larger Fore River campus. The first stage of the project culminated in a 42-acre…"

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Maine Historical Society

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Windham Historical Society

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… McAuley Residence buildingCity of Portland - Planning & Development To conduct the research, Sister Mary George turned to Sister Miriam Therese…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… to be a powerful service learning project and plan to add the necessary components to make service learning a part of what the students, teachers…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… providing alternatives to their unsightly plans to extend utility infrastructure down the highways into Asticou."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… summer, the team met a number of times to begin planning this extensive project that would eventually involve approximately 60 seventh graders in…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Fun and recreational needs of the town were also planned and encouraged by Hugh J. Chisholm. The Rumford Mechanics Institute, his final creation…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Martin planned to use the second half of the book to write about contemporary events. He hoped the journal would be "preserved for many generations…"

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

"Unfortunately they were never able to finance their plans, and the church had to be razed in 1964."

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Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… to town in the future, and making larger plans for car dealers and the people who wanted to buy them."

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A 50-bed hospital was planned at a cost of $1,250,000—half of which would be funded by a federal Hill-Burton grant to improve hospital technology."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Architectural studies and plans have been made for repair and reconstruction of the next few years. map of Islesboro "

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Plans for rebuilding on the lot are still under question, and may not go through. The Braeburn hotel, the Turner house, either way, the lots have…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Titcomb’s planning and resolve helped to establish the tone of the community. The early inhabitants from Topsham, Augusta, Hallowell, Damariscotta…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… landscape and immediately involved himself with plans to preserve it. He and park creator George Bucknam Dorr worked with the government to gain…"

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

"… Portland businessman, had envisioned and planned. After her death in 1957 at the age of 79, her residence at 382 Black Point Road was expanded and…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"I planned to open the door one-half hour before the children came. Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Chisholm addressed in his plans for a model town, expressed in a letter to Charles A. Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company."