Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"When the old Queen’s Hospital closed in the winter of 1942-43, it contained 60 beds, but old hands remembered up to 98 patients treated inside at one…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Obviously most of the schools in New England were closed. People were trapped in their cars, cold and hungry."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Acre Island school closed in 1906 and its pupils transported to Islesboro to the new Dark Harbor school."

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

"… when a new road was built and now the old road is closed to public traffic and the area is privately owned."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"The G-men were closing in on Brady and Shaffer fast. Machine guns were still pelting the street with bullets."

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

"In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building in Farmington."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"A large rally was held at Norumbega Hall and the speakers called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The depression saw the closing of many of the mills and businesses and a steady decline in population."

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

"… clarified that “none of the stores has been closed, and none...have been cleaned out of foodstuffs.” Two dealers S.B. Stuart & Co."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"In 1953, the mill closed down and Prides bought it a few years later. Drapers Mill, Guilford, late 1940sGuilford Historical Society In 1958…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… this number increased to fifty-nine before the close of the fall term. At the beginning of the winter term, the School moved into its new…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… was at this time that Hampden Academy came very close to securing the educational services of J.P."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… towns of MSAD’s 21 and 43 have traditionally close ties, and that part of the merger made a natural fit."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… Island, spent most of 30 years working very closely with David Rockefeller and his family in the small village of Seal Harbor."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Unfortunately, Osgood's closed its doors in the mid 1990s, due to the competition from Wal-Mart. For nearly one hundred years, Osgood’s was a popular…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Hamilton Place Library closed after Lura's death in 1932. Sources: Around North Yarmouth by Lincoln J. Merrill Jr. and Holly K."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… War II that eventually forced the theater to close in 1939. It went dark for seven years until after the war when a new patron gave it new life…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… where the fires built a niche in the forest close by the banks of a beautiful bay. Then the coming of the English settler, bearing the ax as well…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Everywhere we called had just sold the last one. So we ended up having to drive to Brunswick and we went to a store called Service Merchandise and we…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"They called the Mikmaqs Souriquois, and the English called them Tarrantines. In the Presque Isle region, the Maliseets (Malecite) were the primary…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The closing of the mills would cost 561 workers their jobs and impact nearly half of the town’s tax income. Building of tissue mill, Lincoln, ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Accordingly, most stayed close to home in small settlements. Visiting from one end of the island to the other was virtually unheard of."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Timber was becoming scarce and many mills had to close down. The Great Depression got everyone into trouble. The plentiful jobs went to no jobs."

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

"… business for a while, but then it was closed for many years. The last of it being used as a hotel, the brothers operated a grocery store in one end…"