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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… In 1935 with revenues dropping, the Maine Central and the Boston & Maine railroads bought the first streamliner east of the Mississippi, the famed…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Strong Historical Society The Maine Central employed Crosby as a writer and sent her all over the east coast to represent the Maine Woods at…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… only on granite cornerstones and blocks had no central heat, just a large cook stove with copper hot water tank in the kitchen."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"It is part of the Central Maine Medical Center’s Regional Health Care System and referrals are made to that facility for diagnostic and treatment…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The Pines , an elementary school, Central High School, and others were located in the area of East New Portland."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… and agricultural change in Southern and Central Maine, 1776-1880,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 21 (1982): 179-200. Text by Thomas C."

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

"… then compile a list for the doctor to pick up at central office prior to making his rounds. When the Somerset Telephone Company offered dial…"

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"One natural resource that has always been, and remains today a major economic force is wood. Skowhegan, being central in its location along the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"The hen clam became central to the factory’s operation, necessitating a need for more structures, trucks, a machine repair shop, employees and clam…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… place today, we have no store, no doctor, and our Central Elementary School is slated to close at the end of the school year."

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Bangor Public Library

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

"… to an end, and the power plant was sold to the Central Maine Power Company, which took over maintenance of the plant and supplied the mill with…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"But some students were taught at a central home. These groups were known as fireside or parlor schools."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… ’74 team also went on to play in the New England Championship tournament in Bangor and lost to Providence Central High School of Rhode Island."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"At that time, the Maine Central Railroad ran close by the farm, facilitating the transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The second rail line was merged with the Maine Central Railroad system in 1871. Electric RailSeashore Trolley Museum Electric Rail In 1894 the…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… extensive home-based network, now considered central to improving the health of our communities."

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

"A railroad overpass further north marks the Maine Central Railroad line. In 1911, the MCRR track that went through Walnut Hill Village was rerouted…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Central Elementary in the North, the last school in town, closes at the end of the 2009 school year."

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Technological innovations allowed the centralization of can production in the first decade of the new century."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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