Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Notable examples are Deering High School (1922-23) and the Chestnut Street Methodist Church Community House (1924), both in Portland."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… As an architect, Gridley Barrows had taste and high sophistication. He was trained at Harvard, loved building and loved art."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"Upon graduating from Portland High School in 1873, he entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, the city’s leading architect."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… LHS if it could be moved from its location at the high school to land across from the library that had been donated by Eastern Fine Paper Company…"

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."

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

"Bar Harbor High School was built without a gym. Initially, the Sea Siders played at the YMCA on Mount Desert Street and eventually moved to a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… Society The shop class at Presque Isle High School builds the frame to secure the tree on the truck and railroad flatcar."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Benjamin Cutter of Bangor bought 66 acres east of Second Pond where he established the long running Blue Hill Copper Mining and Smelting Company."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road connected to Presque Isle in 1839."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Passengers traveling south from Vanceboro or north from Bangor were halted at Lincoln and transported the rest of the way by bus and taxi."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"5-6. Print. Bangor Daily News. "Last Days of North Lincoln Ferry. Picturesque River Service to End When Bridge Spans Penobscot River.” Bangor, ME."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… the Aroostook Centre Mall, an article in the Bangor Daily News stated “there was little to support the theory that any band of Indians had ever…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Steamships traveled from Boston, Massachusetts to Bangor, Maine. Parker Point had its own wharf where a steamship transported people to and from…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"John A. Feeney was the father of the Portland High School football star who went on to become award-winning movie director John Ford."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"From 1946 to 1948, while still in high school, Hawkes played school functions and for organizations in the greater Portland area."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… competitive sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled to Washington D.C."