Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… student work, hiring "monitors," maintaining safety, being a role model to the student body, collecting payments for destruction of property, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"At the first Town Meeting, May 22, 1771, Selectmen chose Samuel Bullen to serve as Constable. His responsibilities were to maintain public order, to…"

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

"… maintain healthy stocks and assure consumer food safety, clamming is highly regulated. Clams are an important resource not only for human…"

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.

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… highlights include receiving an A in hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group, beginning the modernization project, and recruiting 21 new physicians…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"He was able to swim her to safety. Photo courtesy of the Bangor Daily News. X People watch as the parking lot along the Kenduskeag Stream…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… was requisite for the economic prosperity and safety of the state. During the gubernatorial elections in the spring of 1795, Lincoln, Cumberland…"

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

"The entire Maine Public crew on hand works to secure hundred of yards of rope to the tree. Presque Isle Historical Society Cutting down…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… round clothespins and toothpicks at first, then safety matches, ice cream spoons that came with Dixie ice cream cups, ice cream sticks, tongue…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"On June 20, 1910, the Certificate of Safety was issued for the line to Washburn. During the next ten days (before the official opening), over 17,000…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… boredom of repetitive movements, learn about job safety, and protest working conditions. Work songs feature “call and response” formats based on…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… a soggy, shivering Jim Chandler up to welcome safety. Trestle work completed on bridge, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society Bridge…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"1920 This team had limited safety equipment. Leather helmets and little or no protection must have increased the injuriesFarmington Historical…"