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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Even today, E.B. White’s classic story is honored by a Charlotte's Web Tent that has all the animals from the story."

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Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The Lincoln News was printed in Bangor, then shipped to Lincoln. Some of the stories took place in Mattanawcook."

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

"Redmen's Hall was a two-story building constructed around 1905 in Swan’s Island village. It housed dances, social gatherings, and had a movie…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"It pretty much told stories about where the power was out, and who was getting their power back, and all stories related to the ice storm."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"By 1868, a three story addition was attached to Mr. Ryder’s boarding house to accomodate the increasing demand."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… to the [pride of bath] article, the four story building, with 80 rooms, cost $75,000 to build."

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… mill was about 100 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 2 stories high. In the same building, the original sawmill was still in business."

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… topic, write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” On The Farm In a land two miles down the road, in the year 1931, there was…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"This was in her home. This two-story hospital housed the sick, young and old. Thelma decided to open a hospital in 1932 while working as a nurse in a…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Work on the 30' X 45' two-story building began in September and was mostly completed by November 1870."

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

"… Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, a two-story New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side, was built and located just uphill from A.C.’s…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… sq ft, 5-bedroom, 3-bath, shingle-styled, two-story home designed by his uncle, Fred Savage, which is still located at 2 Asticou Hill Trail on the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… known, perhaps, is the aforementioned 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr."

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

"… too costly an endeavor, particularly as the two story building would have required an elevator. Ribbon Cutting at New Library Nona and Gardiner…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"It has had time to grow and gain stories of its own. At the end of WWII the library had over 40,000 volumes of books."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… height of the original building is two and a half stories. Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The Church Block is a three-story building. Details on the Church Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"The three-story building with a bell tower is 56 feet wide and 82 feet deep. It is a fireproof structure made of limestone and bricks with a granite…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"It was a four-story building containing eight rooms in which the men slept on the floor. There was little light."

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… group, Flash in the Pans, was formed in 1990, the story goes back to the early 1970’s. In 1973, Carl Chase heard a steel band play while he was…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"The school was one story high. It was 18 feet by 22 feet. The windows were 7 feet by 9 feet. Ira supplied all the lumber for the school."

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Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"9 April 2010. www.pbs.org/weta/americanvalor/stories/gordon.html Tenggren, Kevin. "President Presents Medal of Honor to Lincoln Soldier's Wife."…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"… topic, write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” Historical Society Interactive, informative Learning, documenting…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… I think he would have told me a whole bunch of stories about his life if I had known him when he was alive."