Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"All funds remaining from the Young Adult Challenge were used to purchase furnishings and materials for the new space."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… to Dunstan, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by tolls of eight cents for a horse and twenty-five cents for a stagecoach."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The remaining funds for the hospital had to be raised by the townspeople of the pending hospital district."

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"Mercy also received nearly $240,000 in federal funds for furnishings and equipment. The new facility opened with 150 beds and 36 bassinets in 1943…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Schools were kept open as long as funds allowed, usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"Unfortunately, funding problems and fewer referrals than anticipated led to the Caribou home’s closing after only a few months."

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

"… leaving a balance in the budgeted $500 from town funds and $287.16 from the state. But 1934 cost $8992.40."

McArthur Public Library

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Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"From the time the building was erected, lack of funds hindered the work and in 1846 the group decided to buy a chapel on Main Street."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… Webster was later criticized for using government funds to secretly pay for pro-treaty newspaper propaganda to sway public opinion in Maine."

Colby College Special Collections

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

"… sold the main family home Hilltop House to help fund his college and post-graduate education and the college education of his brother Ralph."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its completion. The Rumford mill fit perfectly into Boise's growing family of pulp and paper…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He has funded recreation programs in Bangor, Maine, educational institutions, library rebuilding programs, and poverty alleviation measures."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A successful community fund-raising campaign resulted in the construction of a new gymnasium to house the high school’s competitive sports teams and…"