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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… at Madigan” when asking permission to attend summer workshops. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mercy developed affiliations with Seton Psychiatric…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… Society The tissue mill remained idle during the summer months, and then another milestone in the history of the Lincoln mills occurred: Premoid…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… over 40,000 people to come together each year and celebrate harvest time, the end of summer, and a way of life that is as important now as ever."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"By the summer of 2000, the Skyline Farm organization and the Sowles family arranged a purchase with a conservation easement through the Royal River…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… athletes and quickly implemented a very strong summer basketball program (something that was not real prevalent at the time) that helped develop…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Hewes Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in the 1880s, but was a year 'round community as well."

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

"… plow and to assist in clearing the land the next summer. A 30' x 40' stable was built behind the Capitol, and an apple orchard was established just…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… Library The Patten Free Library, located at 33 Summer Street in Bath, Maine, is architecturally unique."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"They built their log houses during the summer, went back to Beverly and Andover Massachusetts before winter and came the following year with their…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"However, most lobsters are caught in late summer and fall when they migrate closer to shore areas to molt."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"It has provided a venue for concerts, summer theater, town meetings, and dances. Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… on the porch of his cottage at the popular summer resort of Nahant, Massachusetts. By the time the Philadelphia photographer Frederick Langenheim…"

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Prince Memorial Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Columbian Hotel on Front Street between Elm and Summer Streets. In short order, Galen Moses replaced those buildings with the Columbia Theatre and…"

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Colby College Special Collections

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… that it “will mark a new era in the history of summer vaudeville entertainment.” This noble attempt to revive the park, however, was destined to…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"According to Cush Lane, a summer resident, when high tide fell around around 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1916 • Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project proposed – two dams built in Eastport…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Yet its greatest hardship would come in the late summer when British troops, victorious over the 10th Militia Division of Massachusetts in a rout in…"