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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"The metal rake or “clam hoe” has a short 12”-18” handle, so the digger must bend at the waist often in mud to the knees to dig through the tidal mud…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"Ice Storm Day 2 By the second day an emergency ‘home’ at the Augusta Civic Center was opened and people were coming in by about twenty- five people…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… Congress Square Hotel before moving on to several days of meetings and activities at Poland Springs."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"12 Dec. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/us/12cnd-storm.html?... (accessed Apr. 15, 2010). Just Shelley- The Ice Storm."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The town added a 500,000-gallon enclosed concrete reservoir at the north end of town, with a 12-inch distribution pipe."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"January 12,1998 •DAY 6. Each day the power was getting back town by town. January 13,1998 •DAY 7. The ice was melting January 14,1998 •DAY 8."

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Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited

"http://www.sciencedaily.com/ (accessed Apr. 12, 2010). The Blizzard of 1952 As Folks Saw It In Lewiston And Auburn; This Pictorial Record Shows…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… Schools Renovation Ground-Breaking, 1996 On April 12, 1996, forty-five biodegradable balloons were released into the air to the cheers of students…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… 4 cars which was run on that day I was told from day break until 12 midnight of the sights I have seen I count this as one of the finest, to see a…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"Around 1940 the picker would earn 12 cents per barrel and in 1950 the picker earned 20 cents per barrel."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… Society The building was contracted for $12,000, but a report submitted by Attorney General Erastus Foote in 1829 lists a cost for the original…"

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Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… they met one night a week after working a 12-hour day, and wrote compositions, essays, reports and poems, performed dialogs, enacted scenes from…"

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

"… Jeremiah grew up in Washburn, Maine until he was 12 years old. He was in the middle of eight siblings."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

"… one on someone's pasture, he had the 15-year-old, 12-foot-tall tree dug up and planted it in his yard."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… boundary of Strong changed, eliminating Lots 1-12 in the 3rd Range and Lots 1-14 in the 4th Range."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He was the 11th of 12 children of Mary and Josiah Stinchfield. Jacob was an orphan at age 12 after his parents died from unknown events."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry in September 12, 1862. He was the son of Richard and Isabel Bangs of Strong. Mr. Bangs served in Company L."

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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had been working nonstop. I heard that 12-15 generators had been from Bell Atlantic. I also heard that you shouldn't put your generator in your…"

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"On December 12, 1918, the anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Mercy, the new Queen’s Hospital (named in honor of Mary, Mother of God)…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… Guilford meeting minutes and recordings, Volume 12, pp 115-122 personal interviews with Tom Blake and Linwood Flanders Guilford Town Reports…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… traveling performers, and accommodating up to 12,000 patrons a day, now borders the present-day Avalon Village Retirement Community off Route 1A."

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Lead Mine Road, the oldest girl in a family of 12 children. In 1947, at the age of 16, she began working at the Union Sardine Factory owned by R.J."

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… was a drummer boy in the army at the age of 12 years old in the War of 1812. The drum was in the family until it was stolen."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Expansion was needed, such that 12 coaters were in operation by 1930. This operation became part of the Oxford name in 1922."