Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"The 1927 yearbook had a drawing of the death of basketball, born in the season of 1912-13 and died in A.D."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"After seeing the TV movie The Day After and its depiction of nuclear holocaust in 1983, Nowick planned an ambitious 12 concert series including all…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… schooner Fannie and Edith was headed to Bangor from Boston when the schooner parted cables, leaving the ship completely at the mercy of the wind…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business caused the phasing out of the trolleys. The last trolley ran through Scarborough in 1932."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… 1st, 1988, Jeff Strout, Joan Smith, T.J. Tremble, After the Flood - A year later, the recovery continues Kennebec Journal, Saturday, April 4th…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Penobscot River was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Penobscot River was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… PM Hurricane Edna strikes Maine 44 miles from Bangor and is moving North North East at 48 MPH with 75 MPH winds."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Pinkham and had caught in the sheathing of the ceiling from a suspended kerosene oil lamp. The building was soon ablaze and in spite of great efforts…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"After the connection between the two was dissolved, Hampden Academy really began to prosper. For the next seven years the school was under the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Very few goods were saved, but the town’s records and letters in the post office were saved without any damage to them at all."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"A new building has been built, after a fire burned it down in November of 2009. Today, The Lincoln News costs 60 cents and over 6,000 people buy it…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Baker got the ball and quickly fired up a shot. The ball sailed up in the air, eyes following its path, heading right for the hoop."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… the devastation of events such as floods and fires, the townspeople of Guilford come together once again to celebrate."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"He gave his life to save the lives of others who went on to live for a longer period of time. He has now earned the highest medal, the Medal of Honor."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Today it is operating as the United Methodist Church and is the home of Little Miracles Country School."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The summer tourists stayed in a boarding house/inn, named at various times Seaside House, Seaside Hotel, The Islesborough and Johnson-by-the-Sea."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"On December 6, 1902 the building was lost to a fire. The whole building was ruined. A new Odd Fellows Hall (I.O.O.F.) was built in 1904."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Medical implements from the Lincoln Historical Society collection X Eventually, Thelma Stratton opened the Stratton Hospital on the corner of…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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