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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Society, Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum. Welcome to Presque Isle X Entering Presque Isle’s city limits from south on Route 1…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The city founded a public library in 1883 and by 1892, Bangor General Hospital opened as a state of the art medical facility."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… 7 Brigadeers, 28 Regt’s of Infantry 1 of Heavy Art. 6 Batteries, 2 companies of Sharpshooters & 1 Regt of Regulars 17th U.S."

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… By 1916 Guilford had built a state of the art grade school building located behind where the high school stood."

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"His son had attended Yale in the Arts and Harvard Law School and had been brought up in a pulp and paper family."

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… century readers. Some of the state of the art drugs prescribed for assorted conditions included strychnine, which in 1928 was classified as “a…"

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Colby College Special Collections

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… In the late 1950s, Richard, who was an industrial arts teacher, helped winterize his sister’s home. At this time, the Old Ell saw its most recent…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library The hotel scene did start to fade. Rich summer visitors wanted more than just rooms."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… pageant featured live reindeer, an Eskimo family, arts and crafts from children around the world, youth representing Youth for Christ…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… staff has grown into a service with state-of-the-art equipment and a paid staff of EMTs that serves citizens across the peninsula regardless of…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… center or “Institute”, were John Rivard, Art Taylor, and John Lapointe, to name just a few."

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

"… mechanically, and electrically with state-of-the-art paper making equipment. BOISE CASCADE SOLD TO MEAD On September 1996, after 20 years of…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Other than arts, important courses in the academy included English, Latin, Greek, writing, the art of speaking, logic, philosophy, geography…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and successfully at the highly popular Arts and Craft Show, held each year at the Historical Society."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Bass Park has seen a number of top-notch musical arts such as Gene Autry, the famous singer of Here Comes Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red Nosed…"

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… full tilt once again, a $20 million state-of-the-art yarn manufacturing facility was planned by Interface, the credit union erected a brand new…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… from the community, under the direction of art teacher Mary Lightbody, drew and water-colored images of the old building."

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… of Maine at Farmington, a small public liberal arts college, Farmington continues to attract students, scholars, and academics to this otherwise…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"… take pictures, write books, and create works of art. Recently, the town has seen another decrease in population."