Maine Memory Network

Lincoln Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"More than 100 men showed up for the first town meeting. In May of 1795, the Town of Eden separated from Mt. Desert, giving the Island two towns."

Leeds Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"Meeting at Falmouth Neck (present-day Portland), the committee drafted a report entitled "The Separation of Maine from Massachusetts."[6]"

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… the town initiated a series of neighborhood meetings to solicit citizen input prior to the 2006 Comprehensive Plan Update."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… to walk to the beach and have a family picnic or meet friends. Let’s get together with friends for a game of softball or go ice skating."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"Our kickoff Community Brainstorming Meeting held at the Cumberland Town Hall in October, 2009 elicited a seeming endless array of fascinating topics…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Ava Harriett Chadbourne writes in Place Names and the People of Its Towns, "during the period while the Maine towns were developing, the South…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"In its first town meeting in the year 1821, Cumberland appropriated $550 for education and accepted students, ranging in age from five through…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… building still remains and is used to hold town meetings and the Byron Historical Society. The Historical Society has a collection of artifacts and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"It was a pleasure meeting those guys. I told them that I will be cleaning their rooms and getting what they need."

Abbot Historical Society

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Westport Island History Committee

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Monson Historical Society

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Whitefield Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… maps, correspondence, broadsides, proprietor’s meetings records, accounts, land agents, and other documents generated by the business of the…"

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…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… had been the first issue brought up in the 1777 meeting of Mount Desert Plantation, before it was even a town."

Stetson Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… location for a new, larger water reservoir to meet the growing town’s needs. Several regional streams were considered for using as a water source…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Dixfield” states that at one of the earliest town meetings held at Sutton, Massachusetts in April, 1791, the proprietors voted: that four Rights…"