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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… commission, Sara Martin, and the Explorer Class of the Reeds Brook Middle School. This project was made possible by a grant from The New Century…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… of fifteen students involved in a variety of classes working towards their high school diploma."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… Houses were built for the accommodation of this class of the employees and were models of their kind."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"Hard work gives you money. I worked up there and I don’t really remember how much I got paid. I would work 48 hours a week and get just over 40…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… lessons, art exhibits, live concerts, special art classes, and other public functions, as written in many newspaper articles."

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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Koscuiszka's class can be viewed below: Bridget Knights "Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a few…"

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"(In British-ruled Ireland at the time, Protestants dominated the upper classes and monopolized virtually all of the land.) Mary Catherine McAuley…"

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Mary Elizabeth Connolly (class of ’31) used a textbook published in 1928, Modern Methods in Nursing by Georgiana Sanders."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"… Kate Philbrick and I taught, came into my radio class one day and said “Have you heard about this island near Phippsburg? It’s crazy. Malaga Island."

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"In the 9th grade class will, Bill Cohen left his athletic ability to Joe Taylor. It was not predicted where he would go in the 1955 class prophecy."

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Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"Koscuiszka's class can be viewed below: Amanda McIntyre "Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a few…"

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

"… 1959Presque Isle Historical Society The shop class at Presque Isle High School builds the frame to secure the tree on the truck and railroad…"

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Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… concentration, at University of Maine Farmington, Class of 2010 John Frank Stevens was born in West Gardiner Maine on April 25th 1853 to John…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"He is seeing what I am doing right now in the class. He probably is happy that I’m talking about him in this project that I’m doing."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… as did the adults who attended the weekly adult class. Dedication to the cause was his motivation to ski to the Jemtland section of New Sweden to…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"The University of Maine at Farmington, class of 2022 Robert Cochrane Marley Jr. (a.k.a. Bob Marley) was born in Bangor Maine, April 4th, 1967."

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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Snow's and Mr. Cole's 7th Grade Classes at Blue Hill Consolidated School John Edward Horton was born on November 30, 1829 in Bluehill, Maine."

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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"… opportunity, the smallest village in the 2009 class. July Orientation at Maine Historical Society in Portland: LtoR: Fran Pollitt, Maine…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"Harris' Social Studies class can be viewed below: Brianna Fink "Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Koscuiszka's class can be viewed below: Frederick A. Edwards from The History of the Town of Lincoln by Dana Fellows X Savannah Tilton "Explain…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"The first class attended from 20 June until 14 September 1930 and had approximately 120 college men from all parts of the country.(1) At the time it…"

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McArthur Public Library

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Cumberland Historical Society

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