Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"The biggest change in law enforcement was the ending of miscellaneous jobs such as dog catching, licensing, and inspecting things like cars and…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… increased Selectmen saw the need for a formal law enforcement structure and created the position of City Marshal, a position that evolved over the…"

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… (her uncle was a doctor as were two brothers-in-law). What made Martha Ballard's life even more remarkable than it was in fact is that it was…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"In 1774 under the general law for the incorporation of plantations, the growing settlement took the name Wheelersborough."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… was part of that state until 1820) signed into law the Legislative Act on June 19th, 1811, which separated the new Town from Eastport."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… politics in 1833 and returned to the practice of law in Thomaston. He was Inspector of the State Prison in Thomaston, took an active interest in…"

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

"Veterans law services, Biddeford-Saco, 1864McArthur Public Library During the war years layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… Herring Brothers over to his daughter and son-in-law, Andrea and Tom Gilbert. Andrea and Tom Gilbert bought out Stephen in 1995 or 1996."

Porter Memorial Library

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Fryeburg Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1977 Julie Kent became our first female law enforcement officer, Lois Anderson was elected to the planning board, and Priscilla Lunt became a…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… as a defiant gesture toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young women with whiskey glasses in hand rest their elbows on a table displaying a liquor…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… Bowdoin educated attorney, Kiah Sewall practiced law in Mobile for two decades before the Civil war."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… in East Thomaston, Sagurs filed papers at the law office for the arrest of Atticus as a runaway slave and had D.N. Piper search Mr."

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… moved to Hampden as a young man to practice law. A Jacksonian Democrat, he began his political career in the Maine legislature, serving three terms…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"About the year 1823, the Legislature made a law requiring the taxing of real estate for the building of school houses, and repairing the same in…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Seabury and Dunham with his wife’s brother-in-law Albion Seabury. The partnership was dissolved around 1848, whereupon Dunham partnered with…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"There was a special law on the books of the State of Maine entitled “an Act of aid of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad”."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through Europe, and open his own landscape architecture business."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"When not practicing law he found time to make improvements upon Franklin’s stove and to produce Morgan’s Grammar of the English Language, a highly…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… services – including the bakery, hardware store, law offices and bank. On June 17 & 18, 1966 townspeople chose to celebrate! It was Guilford’s…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"#4 In 1947 the Maine State Legislature passed a law intending to create regional high schools. Superintendent Frank Kent placed the wheels in motion…"