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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"He knocked the boy out. Both parents and other students responded positively to this action. Surry Village School recess, Surry, ca."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I always had my birthday parties but my parents never celebrated theirs. What did your daily life consist of? We were just kids, we would go out side…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Sweet was born in 1845 and lived with his parents, Alanson and Ruby Sweet, in Avon in 1850 and lived in Strong with his widowed mother by 1860."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… the grave.” Luther Lawrence is buried next to his parents Nathaniel and Mary and his sister Mary in Gray’s cemetery. Charles Lawrence ca."

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"William S. Cohen with parents Reuben and Clara Cohen, Bangor, ca. 1984Raymond H. Fogler Library Bangor Rye Bread Bakery entrance, ca."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"At first, parents boarded the teachers, with each family's time based on how many children it had in school."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… was built and located just uphill from A.C.’s parents and siblings living in the Old House. The majority of the original Harbor Cottage has…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… canoed the children of summer visitors, and the parents oft-times themselves when they were children, about the points of interest in the bay."

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

"This would serve as a parent organization for a series of useful enterprises for the town. The group decided these activities would include a day…"

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

"… war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in Brewer."

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… The Blue Hill Troupe: In the summer of 1924, parents encouraged their children to get together and put on the Gilbert and Sullivan play H.M.S…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… create a community of children, alumni, faculty, parents, friends, and neighbors imbued with reverence for others and the natural world."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"My parents have half as many kids as he did. "Jeremy Nelson Rap" written and performed by Cade Bussell and Garrett Neal  Works Cited Fellows, Dana…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"I was baptized there and my parents got married there. I hope I am able to get married there someday. My grandfather is part of the choir."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Jonathan Clay’s parents ended up moving to Cold Stream Pond in Enfield, and Jonathan Clay, Jr. later married a girl from Freedom, Maine."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Jacob was an orphan at age 12 after his parents died from unknown events. He then lived with his uncle, and moved to Lincoln in 1826 where he started…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… made out of pine or oak boards by the students' parents. By 1880, children sat in individual desks that were bolted to the floor, all facing…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"James's parents are buried in Strong, and an inscription memorializing him can be found at their grave marker. Return to Student Research"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"But at 4:00 pm Lura hadn’t returned home. Her parents rode to town looking for her. They checked with the minister at the church, but he hadn’t seen…"

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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… in the Cross Road cemetery, next to Phebe’s parents. There is no record of Leila’s passing, other than the Surry book of births, deaths and…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… Martin Junior and his wife, Edith, lived with his parents for a number of years before the senior Martins deaths, Clara in 1902, and John in 1904."

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… age, he showed intellectual promise, and his parents sent him to the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, followed by Bates College, from which…"

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

"Prior to World War II and the deaths of her parents, Mame Savage worked as a nurse’s aid and children’s nurse for almost 10 years at North Shore Baby…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… the next four years his brother tried to interest parents into turning the school into Abbott Junior College."