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Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… Isle Historical Society When I asked if she had recess, I was shocked to realize that during the break they had during the day, the students had…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"… cannot lock the unwelcome visitor in some remote recess, but at whose musings the sorrowing shadow will unbidden come.” View/Download the Project…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… filled the play area adjacent to the school at recess time. One memorable event occurred when Phillip Soderquist, a teacher, applied a good right…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Recession hit in ’74, but having seen this so many times before, nobody blinked. Two new bridges were built, the library was renovated, and zoning…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… him buckle his winter boots that year for outdoor recess. Class sizes, Burr remembered, were “sixty students to a room” in those days."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… the doorway, and we kids would often run down from the schoolhouse at recess to buy one of those big sour cucumber pickles, a penny apiece.”"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… who caused it would be sent in for the rest of recess. Big issues usually never arose but if they did the teachers knew how to handle them."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… many businesses however, a worldwide economic recession was descending on Surry and its robust economy was drawing to a close."

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