Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… Swan’s Islanders turned to the sea to make ends meet—fishing for their family’s food and for profit."

Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"My dad has been to town meetings there before. It’s not as popular a meeting place as it used to be."

First Parish in Portland

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"… Emery Bill Bartlett Bangor Union Womens' fashion Pro Andrew Johnson meeting Spencer A. Pratt Joseph Mitchell Mutual Store James G. Wasgatt"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… Saturday night, weather permitting, they would meet on a different island for a dance. You can imagine taking a boat to an island for a dance would…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"Over the years it was used as a store, church, parsonage, meeting house, home, and even a working farm! STUDENT CORNER HOME"

Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"In 1838 the church underwent a major renovation by dividing the meeting house into two stories – services being held on the upper floor, and the…"

Strong Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Block that was used for gatherings and group meetings; this building was the Columbian Hall. A large fire on October 15, 1937 took place in both…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block

"… it housed Watts Hall, which is still used as a meeting hall for citizens today. A fire in 1915 destroyed the building, but it was immediately…"

Surry Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"… a time when the young people on the island got to meet people from the other sides of the island. Each of the three villages had their own stores…"

Baldwin Historical Society

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Ellsworth Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"The first official meeting of the Lincoln Historical Society was July 8, 1935. At the time, Gertrude Mills was the secretary and Addie Pinkham was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… October 2008 Scarborough Team begins monthly meetings to explore grant application for 2009-2010 MCHP cohort April 2009 MCHP Grant is submitted…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Main Page Measuring Rock - Brief History, Places Meeting House Park - Places North Church - Places People - Main Page Places - Main Page Railroad…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"It was a place for service-oriented societies to meet, it served as a gathering space for citizens with common cultural concerns, and it was…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"The second floor contains a hall and meeting room used for town meetings and community events. In the Levensaler Block, on the adjacent corner, the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Public Library

"… based programming partnerships, and training as a meeting facilitator. Incorporated in 1899, The Scarborough Public Library has a long history of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… plays, concerts,bingo, fundraisers, town meeting, and the annual eighth grade graduation. Odd Fellows Hall under repair, Swan's Island, 1979…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"Attendance at LHS meetings declined over the next twenty years until only a handful of citizens turned out; but then the Society started to gain new…"