Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… “ it made us appreciate the things we have.” “Neighbors helped each other out whether it was letting them stay with you or helping cleaning up…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… were cutting down their fruit trees to keep neighbors from freezing to death and that “business was at a standstill.” However, that February first…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… sale, Clay’s Funeral Home, the movie theater’s neighbor, bought it and tore it down to add more space for their parking lot."

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

"We are connected by our past, and will share the future as families, neighbors and friends. Spring Brook Farm by Anne Tarbox X"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… and the wagon filled for a trip to White Cap in neighboring Rumford. This was the most famous berrying place around and bushels of berries were…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… and spiritual brotherhood that benefitted their neighbors within the town as well as to those settling in nearby, newly established communities."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"… found in libraries and government offices, neighbors and others who knew prior occupants, and online resources such as census lists and…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The neighboring buildings were connected by runways and underwent repairs, and hospital administrators designated them as pavilions named after the…"

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

"Neighboring states, including Massachusetts, took the law as a model and passed similar anti-liquor reforms."

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

"… down the lane on Asticou Way as Mame’s nearest neighbor. Marcia later inherited the Old Ell from her Aunt Mame and renovated the house in 1994…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The practice of helping neighbors is still common on the island, and the community pulls together for events such as funerals and fundraisers for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… focus of their subsistence, they also traded with neighbors both near and far for things like special stone for making tools or dried corn from…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… newly adopted country sometimes exasperated their neighbors like Judge Daniel Cony, who noted: There is not probably a family on the globe more…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"The neighboring building housed the Kennebec Fruit Company, and F. and E. Reed Insurance. George Davenport's brokerage business was at 55 Front…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… children, alumni, faculty, parents, friends, and neighbors imbued with reverence for others and the natural world. The students in Mr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough did not develop around a town center."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… and Cumberland, together with five of our neighboring communities, were all part of Ancient North Yarmouth."

Skowhegan History House

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

"… connections that created a unique bond among neighbors. Strong's Fire Department Fires were always (and still are) disastrous and frightening…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… first tree in the area, learned that he had a new neighbor only by hearing the sound of an axe on a distant hill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… that building and helped to spread the alarm to neighbors. A bucket brigade was quickly formed to help stem the advancing flames."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… employment opportunities for them among their neighbors. Some volunteered for a few hours at a time; others more frequently, while some lived at…"