Maine Memory Network

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

"The next year the grades were divided into two classrooms of grades 2-3 and grades 4-5. School year of 2008-2009 looks to be the last year that…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"The selectmen were instructed to draw a line dividing the town. On February 22, 1796 the legislature of Massachusetts passed an act dividing the town…"

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

"Most of its settlers divided their land into lots and built along the immediate coast, particularly near the Royal River, named for William Royall…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… Dixfield is a village within Dixfield that is divided by a common county line running through it."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The latter was also divided into the North and Harbor village. These distinct areas historically had their own schools, stores, and post offices, so…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Its Westerly line was that dividing Mexico from New Pennacook and the Androscoggin River. A unanimous vote was taken on July 26, 1819, on the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Students are divided into three classrooms that encompass three grade levels each. Island teachers have a unique challenge and opportunity in…"

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

"… lines that were established when land was first divided up by the early proprietors of North Yarmouth."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The troops divided and attacked the village the day after they had overtaken a scout, Bomazeen, who was keeping watch in order to warn the village of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… part of Waldo County on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… On their arrival the early settlers began to divide the land. An “arrangement was made with the Committee of the Proprietors of the Kennebec…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The school was divided into nine grades in two rooms. Enrollment in the first year was twenty-eight students."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… begun when Joshua Shaw purchased “The Point” and divided it into lots for sale. This peninsula of slightly higher land, where much of today’s…"