Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… and started Blue Hill's first newspaper since a short-lived attempt in the 19th Century. Local residents volunteered their time to help The Packet…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was added shortly before the building burned down in 1902. After the building burned down, construction began."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… home and once more we would live in peace for a short time. Now we would build again in our town and take up its duties."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Another wing was added to the other side shortly before the building burned in 1902. New contstruction began and the dedication of the new brick…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"For a short period of time, Scarborough was part of the new age of aviation and had its own airport, yet another means of travel that increased…"

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

"Luckily, a short time later, the menu added bread, butter, meat, clam or fish chowder, and donuts. At that point, hot lunch cost from six to twelve…"

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

"This expansion was short lived, however; the bounty of land out West drew away many Maine farmers, and the Civil War (1860-1864) marked an end to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Shortly after the startup of these four paper machines, the Oxford Paper Company secured what was then considered one of the most valuable contracts…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"The skyline shortly started changing in Rumford with No. 15 Paper Machine taking shape. This was the first new paper machine to be installed since No."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"“In the short period of thirteen future months, there were incorporated nineteen towns…”. Although it is not entirely clear why Farmington’s founders…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Over the course of a few short years, numerous theaters were built and cultural organizations to advance the arts such as the Bangor Symphony…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… (the “three sisters”) were poorly adapted to the short, cool growing seasons and people retained a food foraging/ hunting and gathering strategy…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In August of 1921, Lewis Swett died. Shortly before his death the drugstore went out of business. He successfully operated two drugstores, and had…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… our climate was generally cool, interspersed with short periods of more moderate, as well as more severe, conditions."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Shortly afterward a fire broke out, apparently something near the flax causing the fire, and they lost everything except a small boat in the river."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Shortly after Harriet was born, Charlotte left her children with their grandparents in California, but with her husband’s consent."

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

"… Plummer turned out large quantities of long and short lumber. The hardwood flooring in Chase Memorial Hall was sawed in this mill."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… literary work which included newspaper articles, short stories, and books. Mary was so significant in the fight for women’s rights that she was…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The scene was chaotic. “We were short of officers, our remaining line officers barely sufficing to furnish each company with a commander, some…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Thus the terms were short. As years passed, the Town felt that closing schools in rural districts and bringing the students to the Village School…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… bridge near the new depots having been found too short the defect has been remedied by making it more gradual."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… wire frames to hold them while cooking for a short time. Sardine factory, Lubec, 1910Lubec Historical Society After the herring were cooked…"