Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"About Us Ron Bilancia 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher William S. Cohen School 304 Garland Street Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 941-6230…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… from six historical societies, three RSU 10 teachers and their classes, one teacher from the Holy Savior School and her class, two libraries, a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… Society, Mount Desert Island High School teachers Mark Puglisi and Todd West, Willie Granston and local historians Alice MacDonald Long, Sheldon…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"Al Gore came to Maine. My teacher even showed me the footage! I guess I’m being a bit unfair Now if you look at this a bit differently you can see…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"His Latin teacher would let his band play and practice during study hall. His favorite subjects were music and ancient history."

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

"… to throw wood down into the cellar so that the teacher could get it later for it to be burned in a wood stove."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"Teachers at the school look for ways to incorporate the community in the education its children, and the Maine Heritage Community Project has been…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"They requested that the teacher assess the following: effort and use of time, layout and accuracy of the writing, annotated bibliography, answers to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"X Mrs. Karen Novak, teacher at JFDS, works with students on the fashion exhibit. X Dani Fazio, from the Maine Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… librarian, and the other three working with teacher Ron Bilancia, librarian Priscilla Soucie, and Bangor Museum and History Center curator, Dana…"

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

"… librarian, and the other three working with teacher Ron Bilancia, librarian Priscilla Soucie, Bangor Museum and History Center curator, Dana…"

Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"… SCHOOL Rex Webb, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher/ MCHP Member - 876-4301 GUILFORD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Linda Packard, Director/MCHP Member…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"… website offers a comprehensive resource for teachers, students, researchers and historians, and includes lesson plans and indexes of supplemental…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"Surry middle level students and teachers, in partnership with the Surry Historical Society and other community members, have spent much of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Island teachers, like many small-town teachers of the time, had to be flexible to teach multiple grade levels at the same time due to the lower…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"… Heming, wife of an island minister, was his music teacher. Randal was honored to play a trumpet solo, “You Tell Me Your Dreams” for his eighth…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"It was cleaned up and a new teacher installed. Martin wrote under the illustration, "South End and eastern side of Division Street school House…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… held in rooms of houses within the district, the teacher boarding around from house to house in the district where he taught school."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"I'm sure that there were other teachers that taught at the Parsons School but these were two of the well known New Portland teachers."

Bangor Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Prospective teachers could begin their training while they were still in high school. Mrs. Arlene Potter said she received 50¢ a week for doing the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… released into the air to the cheers of students, teachers, and residents gathered at the school. The balloons represented the number of years since…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Herbert Tilden of Lewiston was the first teacher. Considered modern for its day, it was built by Jesse M."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Mr. Woodman was the first teacher at the academy. By the end of the first year, there were about forty students attending the academy."