Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle Fire Department

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Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"Hallowell Police Department Police, City Marshal and Officers, Hallowell, 1888Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"… fire fighting technology have come through the fire department. Every type of technology has a place in history, make sure you know about them!"

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"The history of the fire department and police department are important to Hallowell's heritage."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"… She oversaw the expansion of the Pastoral Care department following the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), which emphasized more diverse Pastoral…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… in her lifetime, including Outstanding Nurse Educator of the Year in 1986. In 2000, she received the Papal Award Pro Ecclesia et Pontiface Medal."

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.

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"It soon opened as a maternity department of the hospital, supervised by Josephine McLaughlin, R.N., of Portland."

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The new addition included an Emergency Department (what today would be called an Emergency Room), although it would not be open on a 24-hour basis…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… enabled the enlarged staff of the radiology department to access, according to the annual report, “cine-filming equipment…a standard radiographic…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… and forth to Bangor, and steam-powered vessels departing regularly from the wharf on the Penobscot to Boston."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… by one of the officials from the Hampden Water Department who came out and explained that this was the town's drinking supply and it would be in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name “Rising Virtue” and held at the home of Jesse Libby in October…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the name “Rising Virtue” and held at the home of Jesse Libby in October…"

Historic Hallowell - The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Musters, & Carnivals

"… Free Library Many years ago, the fire department raised money by sponsoring the annual World of Mirth carnival and firemen’s musters.The Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"The Hallowell Fire Department does other minor fund raisers such as public suppers. Now carnivals usually go to Augusta because it is more central…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"They are not made up of departments. Another difference is, the former owner of Osgood’s is not the current owner of Marden’s."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

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

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A committee from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"When I asked him about what kind of damage was done to the car he said “the damage done to the cars included Ice build up and broken windshields”."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"… was severely threatened, in 1957 the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) began a twenty-year process of acquiring the marsh…"