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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"With this plan, shipping complications from the Coasting Law would be sidestepped because Maine would still boarder all of the same states as before…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… build a new gym for sports teams, and the floor plan for that building mirrored some of the original plans done in 1928-1929."

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Colby College Special Collections

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"1960St. Joseph Healthcare Plans for the new facility started to arise in early 1960 and completed blueprints for the new hospital and thoughts were…"

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

"Chisholm was so organized that all the plans were in place such that before the end of December all of the major contracts were proposed and…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"The plan of the Immigration Board representative, Mr. Albert A. Burleigh, Esq., was to select 25 of these lots, have the state clear five acres on…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… The town had purchased the Corro house with plans to expand the library next door. Eventually, the town decided the building needed to be torn…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"They were planning to return to Falmouth to start over again, but on their way they stopped at a neighbor’s house four miles away in Canton, where…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… Quilt Show, even off-islanders who make special plans to arrive during this annual event. Today's times have changed drastically, with frequent…"

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the park; he was an excellent candidate for the job, with vast experience designing a…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… process, they established a Five Year Leadership Plan, the name was changed to Guilford Industries, Inc., and they purchased a California firm to…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… people together, but helped them to work and plan together. The two academy buildings were not funded in any way by the state."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Plan of the British and American positions, Aroostook War, 1843Maine State Museum While the boundary dispute slowed American settlement of the area…"

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

"… Society and Maine Historical Society 1808 Plan of the Town of New PortlandMaine Historical Society When describing the town of New Portland…"

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Bangor Public Library

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"In 1803, the Court heard a report of a plan for the extension of this new county road that would run north from North Yarmouth to Hallowell, a road…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… to be a working hospital until 1972, when the plans for the Penobscot Valley Hospital were being made."

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

"In 1900 definite plans were made to erecct a building to take the place of the Columbian Hall. This hall was known as Chase Memorial Hall and when Mr."

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Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Downtown Bangor expanded and the city planned for new neighborhoods with parks included. By 1890, Bangor's population approached 20,000."

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… about her experience as a suffragette and how she planned to help with the women’s rights movements."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Main Street Bath and the City of Bath Planning Board deserve special mention for their significant contributions."