Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… The Scarborough Beach station provided mail service and goods for the large tourist population that stayed at hotels and inns of Scarborough and…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Central Maine Radio Services & Sales was established. Temporary Foot Bridge, Guilford, 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early 1950’s the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… X Ben Godsoe, a Muskie School for Public Service graduate student, has helped develop the Sandy River Land Trust and High Peaks Alliance and a…"

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

"… History Schools, Social Life and Community Service Strong offered a variety of social and service organizations, including the Gift Club, Senior…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… farm northwest of the village, on her way to services at the Methodist Church. It was a mile and a half walk that she made each Sunday, weather…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… was in close proximity to the railroad station, making the streets direct routes for people heading to the railroad station, often using…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… in turn would keep the advertiser happy with good sales and customer reach. His market was Maine, therefore he catered to Maine readers with an…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… King's command, many from Maine volunteered for service under him. Defense of local coastlines and communities was left to town militias."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… inland as part of a plan to improve postal service, and the coastal King’s Highway was not used as often."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… daily attendance by students and teachers; Show good annual progress. The Community came together to celebrate at the school with a barbecue and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"The cold water is good for game fish. The lake trout like the rocky shoreline. The salmon and brook trout are occasionally stocked to make fishing…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A good blacksmith was invaluable. A dance hall provided entertainment, as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Mr. Porter was a very good craftsman. As a farmer and merchant, he also helped the community in many ways."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… building has been standing, there have been many good days and several bad ones. 1806 Deed: William King to Ledyard and PalmerPatten Free…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… across the road from the Town Hall andd Fire Station. Today it is operating as the United Methodist Church and is the home of Little Miracles…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The passenger station was located on Riverside Drive in the building most recently occupied by the Red Cross."

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

"… local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station. Next to the block was a barbershop, another grocery store outlet, plumbing shop, Western…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Police first came to the island on a temporary basis, with a deputy sheriff in the summer and a constable for the rest of the year."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And also there was one radio station that was broadcasting. And we had a radio with batteries. And so every night we would all sit around and listen…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… summer, WAGM transformed itself from an AM radio station to a television station, and the Aroostook Centre Mall continues to be a shopping center…"

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

"Across Tuttle Road from the Fire Station stands a house that was once an important business established in 1793."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The passenger station was located on the corner of what is now Riverside Drive and State Street along the edge of the Prestile Stream."