Keywords: Committee of Safety
Item 104638
Passing lane sign, Maine Turnpike, 1972
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: 1972 Media: Photographic print
Item 102179
George Read on his detainment, Delaware, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-17 Location: Wilmington Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959
"… chairman of the National Christmas Tree Project Committee of the Presque Isle Chamber of Commerce, was a key figure in the project."
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Story
A Conversation with Charlotte Warren
by Charlotte Warren and Matt Matheny
A conversation with the former chair of Maine's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
Story
Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path
