Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Public Library

"… average, 2500 visitors come to the Library each week. As a member of the Minerva consortium, the Scarborough Public Library offers its cardholders…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… a rigorous schedule: 8 am to midnight six days a week, performing sometimes eight shows a week. They were kept busy learning lines, building sets…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"… is said, there would be dances just about once a week. Music was provided by citizens of the island."

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

"During the summer months Normie provides these very popular boat trips once or twice a week. Continued on next page"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… the soldiers, shopping earlier in the day and week, making lists and adding up points before going to the store, planning means, doing all the home…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Mrs. Arlene Potter said she received 50¢ a week for doing the janitorial work in 1926. The regular salary was $10 to $15 a week."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"This was partly due to town road improvements, which eliminated the need to close school for up to five weeks during “mud” season."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… this time came to the island from Brooklin once a week and the mail carrier was to be paid by subscription but as many received little mail…"

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"… School, Surry, 1963Surry Historical Society Just weeks after the 1952 dedication of the school, Bonsey received a letter from a disgruntled town…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… of New Sweden to conduct school for part of the week, returning to preach and teach school at the Kapitoleum the other half of the week."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"A parade ensued and was the beginning of a week-long celebration, “National Air Mail Week” . Part of the celebration was the special commemorative…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… family celebrations, calling on friends, and the weekly dance or social at the Inn. It was a very vibrant scene and young Charles, together with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… ago the little steamer Rockland made one trip a week between Rockland and Millbridge, touching at Bar Harbor."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"15. Three weeks after the end of the ice storm, there were still thousands of people without electricity. 16."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"The most dangerous part would be the next few weeks. A lot of the ice would melt and refreeze and melt again."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"In Maine there was no school for two weeks and as of now in Iowa there still isn’t any school yet. A few people died in the 1998 Ice Storm because of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"It took them three weeks to go 20 miles. The land they claimed included islands along the Kennebec river."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… was among her 50,000 visitors during that one week. Schooner Edna Hoyt, Thomaston, ca. 1921Thomaston Historical Society The “Hoyt” in her 17…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… are a full service public library open 6 days a week and evenings. Our mission is to connect the Biddeford community with materials, programs…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… and quickly rallied, working non-stop for several weeks until full operations were resumed. In 1992 they purchased a vacant furniture plant in…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Pomeroy, finish carpenter William H. Weeks, and an elderly lady from the Deering family. Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858…"

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

"… be found printed in the The Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, Jan 7, 1786 (no. 54 vol. 2). [7] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 16."

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

"… On April 30, 1785, the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, a Maine newspaper founded for the purpose of advocating separation, published a…"