Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts. “An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Corporation Within the Town of Scarborough,”…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… diversity of the area and eventually he took his act far beyond Mount Desert Island, performing across the region and on Broadway."

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"Furthermore, in the very act of recording her work, she became a keeper of vital records, a chronicler of the medical history of her town."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… outside of Rumford Center, Waldo Pettengill, to act as his agent to procure 1400 acres of land. It would take 8 years to complete all the…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"The act of learning the opera was itself a step toward peace and understanding for many of those involved. Surry Opera Co."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… a citizen.” The Legislature granted Cumberland an Act of Incorporation in 1821, over the objections of many North Yarmouth residents."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… this small village became incorporated with the act passed by the legislature of the State of Massachusetts."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… in 1991; the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980; and recent legislative victories during 2021-2022 supporting Passamaquoddy clean water and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Air travel was often the preferred method of travel for Guy; and his father William flew across the globe, from the tip of South America to Alaska."

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

"Early Travel During the time of European settlement, travel was preferably done by water in canoes and small boats, following the example of Native…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection still acts as the point of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… as one ad put it, all nationally-known acts contracted through Boston and New York agencies that included singing and dancing comedians, musical…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians, dancers, singers, musical vaudeville, acrobats and aerialists, slapstick comedy…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… was said to be a good employee, but he supposedly acted quite suspicious. The evidence was very circumstantial."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General Court…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The people of Guilford acted very quickly and the building was rebuilt. The construction was finished just one year later in 1926."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Thespian students could participate in one-act plays, and in the 1950's, the high school added the Future Homemakers of America, National Honor…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"On July 1, 1966, the Medicare Act was signed into law. As a result, hospitals were required to pass stringent inspections in order to receive…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Fluvanna, changed it to Guilford, and passed the act on February 8th. The first town meeting was held on March 1st."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… deep hole near the schoolhouse, at which time he acted out his part." In all likelihood, this occurred during the celebration of becoming a town in…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"John Cooper, acting as agent for the settlers, petitioned the Massachusetts General Court declaring allegiance to that state and requesting that…"

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

"… afternoon, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of acting upon the question of accepting a road, or roads, laid out to the new depot grounds by the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… settling of land in Letter F, other settlers, who acted independently of Fairbanks, arrived so that by 1830 there were approximately 2,000 people…"