Maine Memory Network

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Samuel B. Chase built a brick Federal style house in 1831 that housed two carriage shops. The business had ramps that were used to haul vehicles…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… sounds like a very cool guy; I would like to meet him, but I can’t because he’s dead, so I will have to do with what I learned."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Academy held their first meeting at The Center Meeting House in April 1807. (Butler’s History of Farmington) Searching Butler’s History of…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… Historical Society They had built it as a meeting place and had a store on the bottom floor. It was a three story building."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… footsteps, seeing the need for expansion to meet the needs of a rapid growing country. Between 1914 and 1918, three new paper machines were…"

Westport Island History Committee

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

"… from top to bottom in order to prepare for club meetings. Card tables were set up and large groups of people would show up to join in the games."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… a smoking gun, a document like a diary entry or meeting minutes or letters, that clearly spell out Governor Plaisted and his Council’s rationale."

Bangor Public Library

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Colby College Special Collections

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

"In 1883 meetings were held on the proposed location of a railroad from Farmington, some townspeople were for the railroad and some were against it…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"This school also served as a Town Hall and meeting place. The building was constructed of logs and featured an open fireplace that was said to be…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… home of William Read, and he organized the first meeting with early settlers. Other ministers, including those from the Congregational Church, used…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… which had been controversial at earlier town meetings, solidly supported the formation of the department on March 12, 1947."

Caribou Public Library

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The first meeting of the Associates was held in 1783, Oct 15. (History of Farmington Maine From Its Settlement to 1846, Thomas Parker) Maine’s post…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… The citizens of this town are reminded that a meeting will be held in the town Hall next Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of acting…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… “may be safely charged with a fatal incapacity to meet the demands of the age and the State.” Through his investigation, he found that thirty…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"A search then ensued for a tree that would meet the stringent specifications of the chief horticulturist of the National Capital Parks Department…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and the planning board had ceased to meet, and applications for grant funds to complete water main replacement and downtown revitalization had been…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A warrant for the first Town Meeting was issued on July 7, 1811. Hopley Yeaton grave, North Lubec, ca."