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- Site Pages (244)
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Site Pages
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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community
"… as a Candy Striper was, for some, the path to lasting involvement at Mercy Hospital. Kate Hartig of Portland volunteered as a Candy Striper during…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"… acquired during their time on the island had a lasting impression not only on the society members themselves, but on the place itself."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families
"… that each family left upon one another lasted, and remain to this day. The story of the Bryants and the Rockefellers rings true with many other…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"… a combination of archaeology on sites from the last 3,000 years, Wabanaki traditional knowledge, language, and other natural sciences create a…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"The theater lasted less than 20 years and closed in 1931. There was a brief but unsuccessful attempt to bring the Star back as a B-movie house in…"
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"One last thing is that it took four men to operate this machine: an engineer, firman, steersman, and conductor. Another tool was the Peavy stick."
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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March
"Everyone was in a cheerful mood, but this did not last for very long. The army split up, four men to a bateau."
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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island
"This bridge lasted six years, when the cables rotted and the bridge collapsed. A new bridge was built until 1901, when a flood washed it out."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools
"School year of 2008-2009 looks to be the last year that Central elementary school will be open as an Elementary school."
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4
"In the left foreground is the Skinning/Packing Shed where the activities involved in the last step went on."
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4
"… quality and fish size interested him Toward the last years of his operation, McCurdy packed only one grade, in one size box, fish packed lengthwise."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"In the pioneer stage which lasted until the 1840s and is characterized by the lack of roads, the economy was based on the lumber industry with the…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview
"During this time, students were finding the last bits of information they needed to write about the history of their address."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works
"… zeal, industry and integrity you exercised the last year in the manufacture of lime in my employ, I am desirous of of your superintendence of my…"
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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2
"… gain the upper hand on the conflagration, and the last embers were doused by 7:00 a.m. on the morning of May 1, 1911."
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4
"March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and the cheering tidings of “all well at home” and thanks to A Kind…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4
"The weather is quite cold here, I was on picket last night and like to frose, although I had 2 Woolen Blankett and A good overcoat."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"One of the latter describes lasting satisfaction from dangling a summer kid by his feet off the Mill Stream bridge because he would not give way to…"
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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools
"Robert Low Jr. This arrangement lasted only a short time as town residents pooled their resources together to construct a school building in Guilford…"
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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2
"This building is currently operating, and for the last 50 years, as Davis Brother's Furniture Store."
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"Gary’s last words to Michael were “Good luck” and Gary handed Michael his gun. I think that this could impact our future by learning about this in…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson
"In 1849, they had their last child, Jere, who made the total number of kids 12. That’s a lot of children! In 1833, Jeremy was elected as a town…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors
"The last way these two car dealerships are different is, Gateway Motors changed its name multiple times but Buck Motors never did."
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Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War
"The dispute lasted from 1838 to 1839. This was the time span when both countries’ militias started forming and getting restless over the ever-growing…"