Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… floor of the Town Hall was given over by the Independent Order of Foresters for this purpose. Malcolm Willis was the first commercial teacher."

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

"… State Legislature passed an act to create an independent state agency, the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a super…"

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

"… town played an active role in the struggle for independence. After the Revolution, Maine was again the new frontier."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… of pleasant summer houses.” Front page, Bath Independent and Enterprise, 1903. In this context, the Malaga mixed-race community was viewed as a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Lawrence estuary creating a radially flowing, independent ice cap over northern Maine. Radiocarbon dates from basal sediments of Mansell Pond…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Also, an article from Bath Independent 1919 copy noted that the early businesses included a barber shop and The Lincoln National Bank."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"His son, Harry Webber, the editor of the Bath Independent for a long period of time, was one of Bath’s most well-known citizens of the early and mid…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… up around the island - separate, distinct and independent settlements that had their own stores, schools (please visit Schools), churches, wharves…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the British due to their support of the War for Independence. In 1777 Allan was received by the new Congress and appointed Superintendent of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"was the major independent and competitor. (See pp. 73-74, 81). To a degree, then, the older Lubec firms in the cartel kept their identity, their…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land in Letter F, other settlers, who acted independently of Fairbanks, arrived so that by 1830 there were approximately 2,000 people in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… and eventually went to Hebron Academy, a small independent college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through…"

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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