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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"District Seven school, known as the Parker school , had one of the best school houses in town. High School classes were taught in it."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The May School A unique early school was known as the May School. The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… the direction of the trustees and the school board, comprised of Verne Flood, Mrs. Lawrence Eustis and Stanley Allen, construction of the new…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… to Bangor last Miss Norcross taught an exelent school in the yellow school house she was very much endeared to all her schollars." The area became…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… of Massachusetts.” The urging of the State's Board of Education was paired with a fervent outcry to the Maine Legislature for the establishment of…"

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Fryeburg Academy Archives

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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

"… prepared him for his job." He serves on the board of CBS and a few other international advisory boards."

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Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"… Middle School/SAD4 Guilford Economic Development Board Guilford Memorial Library Piscataquis River Festival Lilac Capital of Maine Chicadee Capital…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Training School Mallett Training School This school will be replaced within the next year or two Farmington Historical Society As the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"It was a boarding as well as day school. Its board of trustees and management, some of them clergymen, were affiliated with the Congregational…"

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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"… Packard, Director Guilford Economic Development Board – Another town volunteer board charged with cultivating Guilford’s image, discovering…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… road commissioner, and a member of the school board. All of these people had a hand in creating the town of New Portland."

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Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… – Hallowell City Historian, retired teacher, Board of Directors of the Hubbard Free Library Wendy Wingate – 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher –…"

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Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"… Site Administrator GUILFORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD Carrie Fellows, GEDB Chair/MCHP Member MCHP Events Coordinator - 876-3407 PISCATAQUIS…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"Eventually there were twenty district schools in various locations and at different times in Hampden’s history."

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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"They sawed the wood into boards and they were stacked and dried in kilns. After the boards were dried, they entered the mill and ran through a…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… that the Brick Inn at one time may have been a Boarding House. Today, the Brick Inn houses many of the local college students, The present owners…"

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… Office, library, school, and economic development board sought and received a grant to establish a town historical website, thus creating unity…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"A board of directors was appointed and among the members were Eli Weston, John Weston, and Solomon Steward of Canaan. They first met in 1812."

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

"The plan of the Immigration Board representative, Mr. Albert A. Burleigh, Esq., was to select 25 of these lots, have the state clear five acres on…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… second floor had a telephone exchange (the switch board which allows phone operators to connect phone lines) for a while."

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… dollars was eventually raised, a school board elected, and the first school was kept in the loft of Capt John Bennett’s shed until the first school…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… basketball team was Russ Bartlet, who came on board with plenty of experience. Bartlet’s father, Bill Bartlet was a coach for Junior Pro Basketball…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The secretary for the board was to write Mr. Andrew Carnegie a letter asking for a grant to build the new library in Guilford."