Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"EMHS then looked to VNA leader Colleen Hilton to merge all of their homecare and hospice agencies under one umbrella and one name, VNA Home Health…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… the years, several other important additions and improvements were made to the brick building that once stood alone on Academy Hill."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the churches and homes that were destroyed along French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"He actually stopped what little excavation was going on at the time and focused the efforts on improving the living conditions of the people there…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Harris; all improvements, including porches, were added by Howard and Betsey Turner, then known as the Turner House."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… name to Bar Harbor until 1918.) Island life was improving -- and its economy growing. A visitor in 1792 reported that in one day he saw five ships…"

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

"If they were able to improve the lots and keep them occupied for five years, they received an additional lot of 100 or 120 acres in the interior back…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… they'd lived on the land and had made certain improvements were given deeds, and the rest of the land in western parts of Hancock County went to…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Patrons of Husbandry, a group interested in the improvement of farming. It was later renamed the Swift River Grange and located on Roxbury Road; it…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… late 1920’s and early '30s added yet much needed improvements. The building addition in 1961 made possible expanded space for parish functions and…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Others stayed but barely survived. Conditions improved after the Revolutionary War but only gradually."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… trees and unusual species were brought to town to improve the aesthetics of the community and to create better agricultural stocks."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… hands” or were “merging” but most remained and improved their services – including the bakery, hardware store, law offices and bank."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Cars have also improved the time of travel for transportation. Just like with Mr. M. H. Boyce, who would travel around the areas of Lincoln…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"Jeremy Nelson has changed and improved many people’s lives. I can connect my life with Jeremy Nelson because my mother is a teacher, I am a student…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… field, and said the time had been well spent in improvement in military tactics.” Israel Washburn Jr., ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"The interior of the main house has been greatly improved. It now contains, on the first floor, a handsome reception hall, a library, and a parlor or…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… Housing Assistance Grant was landed to make improvements for many homes in town. Guilford Downtown Revitalization Project X In 2009, everyone…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"As transportation improved, allowing the town to transport students to school, the number of schools decreased to three in 1896, then again to one, a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Better roads also improved traveling conditions. The final cause was school consolidation. During the 40s and 50s Sedgwick, Penobscot, Brooksville…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"The area surrounding Rollo Pond has been improved into a park, and some of the walking paths have been recreated."