Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Today, it is known to be the Chocolate Church because of its unique chocolate brown color that covers the caramel it was originally before being…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"… club was started in the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's Island history and the Maine…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"At that time, Kate was a recent graduate of Bates College where she studied Anthropology with concentrations in ‘Environment, Place & History’ and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"These included the Music Hall, Uptown Theater, Columbia Hall, and our focus, the Bath Opera House, and its precursor, the Alameda."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"John’s Parish; and Judith Davis Kuhn, teacher and musical director for RAPPA (Rumford Association for the Performing Arts)."

Colby College Special Collections

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"The Columbian Theatre business rented the building and never owned it. This was according to a newspaper article from 3-16-1950 stating that the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Other than arts, important courses in the academy included English, Latin, Greek, writing, the art of speaking, logic, philosophy, geography…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… educator of his time, and took part in the musical life of the community in which he became its first choir director.” (Music and Musicians on…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"So education of their children was of vast importance. Butler’s History of Farmington tells us that even before the town was incorporated, Lemuel…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Recently, the town has seen another decrease in population. One of the causes seems to be a lack of jobs."