Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Seventy-one years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the Whig and Courier gave a further report of the fire: The fire was discovered in the store of M.B."

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…"

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

"A fore-and-after schooner was extremely economical, because it could be handled with a smaller crew and could contain more cargo."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… by the telegraph, had not been received by the Bangor fire department, then everything would have been in a great deal of danger."

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

"… travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines. By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"The Bangor Daily News called it “Maine’s most charming rustic theater.” It included a tea room and later a restaurant open everyday serving tea…"

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Honors 2 Soldiers for Bravery in Somalia." Bangor Daily News (Bangor) 5 April 2010. "Gary Gordon." Web. Editorial. 23 May 1994."

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."

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

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

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… walking on the stone beaches, family bon fire parties, and indoor card and board games, especially Bridge, Canasta and jig saw puzzles. St."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Street across the road from the Town Hall andd Fire Station. Today it is operating as the United Methodist Church and is the home of Little…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… the home until it was shut down because of State fire regulations in 1990. Medical implements from the Lincoln Historical Society collection X…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Fired ceramic pots, possibly an outgrowth of earlier soapstone bowls, appear in southern Maine, suggesting the beginning of agriculture and a more…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… gone, his mill had been completely destroyed by fire. Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to restore the…"

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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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… end of the nineteenth century, the Presque Isle Fire Department had been incorporated and Presque Isle had its first water company, the Presque…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… for the manufacture of Christmas wreaths, cutting fire wood and raking blueberries offers seasonal employment."