Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"But after the first of the year conditions improved rapidly. “It seems like winter is over,” wrote the January 11 issue on page 1, noting 40-45…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… was thought to provide browsing capability and improved access, and while misguided from a modern perspective, met the immediate needs of a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… the island as a seasonal, and perhaps permanent, home. Little information exists on the exact nature of the island’s use before European…"

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

"… that in 1918 there was one piano in every fourth home. That was equal to fifty-two pianos on the island."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… Island Historical Society Swan’s Island was home to an Atlantic salmon farm and processing plant that started in the late 1980s."

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

"… island generated power brought electricity to all homes. Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable."

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

"… the post masters who had run offices out of their homes retired, and a single post office now serves the entire island."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Also left behind was example of an “improved” item, a wheeled cart. For although the process remained traditional, and so did key tools and…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society The I.O.R.M (Improved Order of Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School Cadets, and as…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… Society Although some returned to their home countries or moved on to other jobs, some stayed, married, and are the ancestors of many island…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"At the same time, improved access to their local history and natural resources turns students into stewards of their environments and community."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"It started to improve in the 1930s. In the 1940s they added a new addition and they went from making $1 million a year to $80 million a year because…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… educational, and charitable organizations to improve themselves and their community as well. More children were being educated in public or…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… Cottage was laboriously and lovingly restored and improved in the first decade of the 21st century and remains one of the very attractive…"

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… on the work begun by the GAR in establishing and improving veterans facilities. The organization spent much of its time soliciting funds for…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… have to compensate residents for the value of “improved” land. Squatters’ murder of a surveyor named Paul Chadwick in 1809 along the Kennebec River…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… they had previously performed for Pepperell and Laconia was seen as a vast improvement to what the Overseers of the Poor had to offer. Next..."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… service organizations such as the Surry Community Improvement Association, the Surry Garden Club, the Arbutus Grange, and the Surry Historical…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Play golf or tennis at the Kebo Club? Join the Improved Order of Red Men Society? Visit the Wabanaki encampment and meet real Indians? Mount…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"It became a continuing improvement project for several years. In 1963 the public beach was dedicated in memory of the late Milton Raymond Bean, a…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… secret....here the New England passion for self-improvement, as it was understood by the plainer folk, found its completest record.” Young Couple…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"We have had great deal of improvement in our school; we now have a middle school team and we have a Pirate Recreation program that starts our little…"