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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The troops divided and attacked the village the day after they had overtaken a scout, Bomazeen, who was keeping watch in order to warn the village of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… the time it was built with medical profession was divided into two camps--homeopathy and allopathy. The Trull was the first homeopathic hospital…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… construction of the interstate highway system divided its most valuable farmland and directed traffic away from its businesses."

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Swan’s Island is still divided into three distinct areas: Atlantic, Minturn, and Swan’s Island village."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… United States History class (fifteen total) were divided into five groups (one group for each exhibit topic) and assigned an exhibit topic."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"Most of its settlers divided their land into lots and built along the immediate coast, particularly near the Royal River, named for William Royall…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… 1838 the church underwent a major renovation by dividing the meeting house into two stories – services being held on the upper floor, and the lower…"

Skyline Farm

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Its Westerly line was that dividing Mexico from New Pennacook and the Androscoggin River. A unanimous vote was taken on July 26, 1819, on the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… (spelling until late 1800s) voted in 1794 to divide the town into districts for schooling, and each district was responsible for maintaining a…"

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

"The next year the grades were divided into two classrooms of grades 2-3 and grades 4-5. School year of 2008-2009 looks to be the last year that…"

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

"Students are divided into three classrooms that encompass three grade levels each. Island teachers have a unique challenge and opportunity in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… bought 3,000 acres of land in Dunstan, which was divided into several farms. A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Inland towns and communities favored separation, while those on the coast opposed it. This, of course, was due to the Coasting Law, which would…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"As well as getting 10 laptops to be divided by the two libraries, wireless internet was installed. Since 2003 the library's circulation has doubled…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… to Massachusetts settlers, but not before dividing some of the land into parcels, or grants."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… On their arrival the early settlers began to divide the land. An “arrangement was made with the Committee of the Proprietors of the Kennebec…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… part of Waldo County on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The school was divided into nine grades in two rooms. Enrollment in the first year was twenty-eight students."

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

"… lines that were established when land was first divided up by the early proprietors of North Yarmouth."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… begun when Joshua Shaw purchased “The Point” and divided it into lots for sale. This peninsula of slightly higher land, where much of today’s…"