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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… Housing Assistance Grant was landed to make improvements for many homes in town. Guilford Downtown Revitalization Project X In 2009, everyone…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"As transportation improved, allowing the town to transport students to school, the number of schools decreased to three in 1896, then again to one, a…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… home-based network, now considered central to improving the health of our communities. EMHS then looked to VNA leader Colleen Hilton to merge all…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… looks like an old fashioned “cob house” on an improved scale. The interior is filled with heavy stones and gravel."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… in poor shape and needed quite a few repairs and improvements. In light of these factors, he rejected Johnson’s proposal."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… cars made the export of meat possible as well as improved the condition of eggs and fruit. (More about Lowell's Store) The train stopped at the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… would be funded by a federal Hill-Burton grant to improve hospital technology. The remaining funds for the hospital had to be raised by the…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… field, and said the time had been well spent in improvement in military tactics.” Israel Washburn Jr., ca."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… leisure time for the middle and upper classes, improved railway and steamship lines made Maine more accessible, and many families sought to escape…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… over from ship-building days, was purchased but improvement was delayed while the city debated a 1959 proposal for urban renewal."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… cash for their crop, paid off their mortgages, improved their farm buildings and their homes and found themselves with more leisure time."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… town road, the responsibility for maintenance and improvement became a public matter and was paid for by all taxpayers! Possibly the First Inland…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Soon there was money expended for improvement in Pratt Field. Pratt Field would eventually host team sports and Chatauqua gatherings."