Maine Memory Network

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

"The second fire was April 28, 1919, 18 houses and a school house burned, there was about a $30,000 loss, partly recovered by insurance."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Public services also expanded with time. Fires on Swan's Island are fought with volunteer efforts, but a truck and fire station were acquired in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Shortly afterward a fire broke out, apparently something near the flax causing the fire, and they lost everything except a small boat in the river."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The cheese making business generated a need for more milk, because 10 pounds of milk produced one pound of cheese."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"In 2008, a fire at the Swan’s Island Library tragically destroyed many of the town’s historical records, including photographs, artifacts, documents…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Corporation also subsidized the fire department and police department. Eventually it provided the first street and traffic lights."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… could not, in the transaction of their public business, express feelings of cordiality.” With this change, the Ellsworth post office was in Surry…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"They were kept busy learning lines, building sets, sewing costumes and creating lighting. Many actors gained the performance experience they needed…"

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

"After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775, Falmouth citizens were given plots of land in New Portland to replace their loss."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… officials ordered “a general alarm blown on the fire whistle to call out all available men in town to help shovel the streets.” On Tuesday 40 high…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… had seen “for the area has to be used for the fires.” (P. 455). McCurdy, himself, has spoken of the “houses” within the smokehouses proper."

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

"… Yarmouth Academy, the militia, the town band, the fire company and the Abolitionist Society that North Yarmouth residents enjoyed now existed…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

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

"Across Tuttle Road from the Fire Station stands a house that was once an important business established in 1793."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on the island. This name was later partially translated into Burnt Cote, and later Burnt…"

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

"The old coal boilers were converted to oil-fired, and recovery burning boilers were added to retrieve costly chemicals."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… for the manufacture of Christmas wreaths, cutting fire wood and raking blueberries offers seasonal employment."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire. His next was to establish the Umbagog Pulp Company at Livermore Falls."

Bangor Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lubec Herald begins publication 1889 • Torrent Fire Co. founded by F.M. Tucker, the first chief 1890s • Virtual explosion of sardine canning on…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"If ice freshets do not disturb them, and fire and other forces leave them alone, the present railroad company and all concerned in the construction…"