Maine Memory Network

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

"Soon after this the Rural Living Center was formed by the Presbyterian Church which housed the New Portland Community Library and a daycare center."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… village and village merchants sold goods to the rural farmers. Access to ship transportation in Yarmouth was essential, as trains hadn’t yet come…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"“Living in two worlds: Rural Maine in 1930,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 25 (Fall 1985): 58-87. Packard, Leonard O."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"While the region retains its rural small-town nature, inhabitants can much more easily commute to jobs in those cities and even Portland to the south."

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to graduate with honors from Bowdoin College in 1818."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially. Hand operation (with a $60 per year bonus to the…"

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

"… acres, in a manner not to inflate their present rural value. This was accomplished by a local confidante, farmer Waldo Pettengill, while Hugh was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… from the risk of building a railroad in such a rural area as Aroostook County. In effect, the law gave the B & A a monopoly to protect it from…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… to settle down and perform their work, and a rural coastal community such as Blue Hill seemed like a good place to do so."

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

"… past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine town. New Portland is itself a bridge, of sorts, for three villages: the North, the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Army Nurse Corps, or as child in a small rural town in Maine, she accomplished numerous achievements."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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