Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"He peppered electric and telephone company officials with visits, questions, and personal correspondence providing alternatives to their unsightly…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"N.p.: n.p., n.d. Devlin, Douglas W. Police: The official Police Method Of Arrest and Self-Defense. N.p.: n.p., 2003."

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

"… 8, 2006 the New Portland Community Library was officially opened.  This could not have happened without the support of the community and the town…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… of School, Main and Church Sts.” according to the official program. However these streets, atop the hill, do not all meet at a common junction."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"The City Hall is still used for meetings and official city government business. Many of the earlier uses of City Hall for specific organizations have…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"City officials guided the city’s Phoenix rise from the ashes, and sought to incorporate a centralized park along the banks of the Kenduskeag Stream…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… 1900Eastern Maine Medical Center The first official name of the hospital was Bangor General Hospital, later being renamed Eastern Maine General…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… different in Andersonville prison, which was more officially known as Camp Sumter. Andersonville prison was built in Georgia in 1864."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… fact, he arrived in Lincoln five years before we officially became a town. If he hadn’t taught in those early years, his pupils probably wouldn’t…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"This week, I will become an official member of the church. I’m excited to do this, because I will finally be a real member."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"By that time the school had one official school, this was in the Prouts Neck section of Black Point."

Skowhegan History House

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… was $12,000,000 alone and was to be the last official act of Ethyl. Mr. Gottwald is quoted as saying, “The purchase of Oxford was our own fault for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"This society became official in the 18th century in England, but its structure has roots that can be traced back to 13th century Europe."

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… Light Mercy Hospital By 1830, church officials were strongly encouraging Catherine McAuley to stabilize the work force and the important work by…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… on his native Unity was published as the town’s official history in 1954. John and Sarah Williams Young, Hallowell, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… when loyalist refugees, including commission officials like Pagan, established the town of St. Andrews on an important Passamaquoddy site in 1783…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… to the shared Anglocentric bias of US and British officials, both French-speakers in the Madawaska region and Wabanaki individuals, Tribes, and…"

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

"… for such schools in the state of Maine was not officially recognized until 1847. In this year, the Secretary of Maine's first Board of Education…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… to the town while it was considering becoming an “official” town, delivering the documents to Boston to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… was presented and an alumni association was officially formed. Through the years, several other important additions and improvements were made to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Yet it wasn’t until 1918 that the official closing of the Park was solemnly announced in the newspaper. “The Bangor Railway and Electric Co."