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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… in 1965, and insisted “I have never known such Christian charity, patience and love” as at Mercy, and later gushed that “Never shall I forget the…"

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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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First Parish in Portland

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… instructed them and inform [ed] them to their Christian virtues. I'm in the district that lies between Acadia and New England."

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… had no prior intention of founding a religious community, Catherine and two companions took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and an additional…"

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… commitment to providing affordable care to the community led it to depend on donations to balance the books."

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… enduring relationship to the greater Portland community, securing over $300,000 from 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive."

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Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… Hospital's commitment to the greater Portland community, through compassionate and high-quality healthcare."

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… part of the institution’s contribution to the community from its opening in 1920 until the last class graduated in 1987."

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Executive Director and oversaw a partnership with Community Housing of Maine for expansion into a new, child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on…"

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… off during November in Portland and surrounding communities. By the time it ended, the Spanish Flu had claimed over 5,000 lives in the state."

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… close relationship between the hospital and wider community has been a feature of Portland life since the early days of the institution, and 1933…"

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Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… Mercy, but also the ties that the hospital has to communities across the region. Sister Annunciata, Portland, ca."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… it also presented problems for individuals and communities. New England's complicated relationship with spirituous beverages traces at least back…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"They set to work reforming themselves and their communities. Abolition of slavery, the fight for women's suffrage, and efforts to care for those less…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… the hope of moral improvement for individuals and communities which many people started to feel after 1820."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… offer a drinkers tour of Maine, showing how major communities enforced or failed to enforce liquor laws."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… email: hcorrigan@rsu1.org Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Project Overview In June of 2008, the community partnership of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library, the Bath…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a city in 1847. It was also the place to store files but people thought that it wasn't a…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Bringing entertainment to the community and bringing business to Bath and surrounding areas were two of the most important."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The library is funded by member communities including Bath, West Bath, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Woolwich, and Phippsburg."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… has always been trademarked for its cultural, community, and local importance, while Centre Street has long been the main route for people to…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… became the first central business district of the community. By 1800, Bath’s population was 1225, testimony to remarkable growth from the early…"