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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… of the club as a means of education and development was almost simultaneous throughout the country."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… river were all that was needed to encourage this development. During the first Congress in 1789 “An Act to regulate the Collection of Duties…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"Biddeford's first mayor was Daniel Eton Somes, a developer and businessman who built the Somesville neighborhood in Saco and the Somes Block on Main…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"More development has taken place in the industrial and shopping parks on the western end of town, and investments in new schools have been made."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"All development revolved around the river. Lawyers, including James Sullivan and George Thatcher, were drawn to the town were here to work on real…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"

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

"… of locations and shapes of each block in many urban communities from 1867 to 1907. You can access them at many libraries, including the Brown…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… to unspoiled nature from their rapidly developing urban surroundings. One place they discovered was the relative backwater of coastal Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor began to experience urban sprawl with the opening of its first malls. These malls gave Bangor citizens up-to-date shopping facilities with…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"When Bath rejected a massive urban renewal project in the early 1960s, Sears and its chain stores in Bath were left without enough facilities and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… made it difficult for farmers to get potatoes to urban markets, farmers sold their potatoes to starch factories in the area which then processed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… while the city debated a 1959 proposal for urban renewal. In addition to stimulating the growth of downtown parking lots, heavy automobile traffic…"