April 13
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1852 Incorporation of the town of Holden 1861 Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina falls to Confederate forces, initiating…
April 12
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1812 Birth date of Samuel Freeman Hersey, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate, and U.S. Congress 1837 First publication of…
April 11
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1783 Continental Congress Declares “Cessation of Arms” against Britain, ending the American Revolution in Maine and elsewhere. 1955 John E.…
April 10
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1606 James I, King of England, signs the first charter giving a company, the Virginia Company, the right to establish colonies on…
April 9
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Officially designated as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, which “shall commemorate, honor and recognize the courage and heroism of all former prisoners of…
April 8
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1815 Birth date of Democratic U.S. Representative (1851-1855) Moses MacDonald in Limerick. He served as Speaker of the Maine House in 1845.…
April 7
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1854 Incorporation of the town of Dayton 1901 Shipwreck of the schooner Wendell Burpee in a storm off Broad Cove near Cape Elizabeth 1925…
April 6
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1807 Maine towns vote on separation from Massachusetts. 100 of the 150 towns vote “NO.” Total vote: 9,404-NO and 3,370-YES. 1901 Skowhegan Carpenters and…
April 5
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1859 Incorporation of the town of Lyndon, now the City of Caribou 1859 Incorporation of the town of Drew, now…
April 4
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1802 Birth date in Hampden of social reformer Dorothea Dix. 1854 Sagadahoc County established 1859 Incorporation of the towns of Maysville (now part of…
April 3
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1639 A “Grant of the Province of Maine” to Sir Fernando Gorges exclusively was made on this date, superseding an earlier grant of 1622…
April 2
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1822 Incorporation of the town of Cumberland 1904 John A. Peters, State Legislator, State Attorney General, Member of Congress, and…
April 1
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1816 Penobscot County established 1860 Knox County established 1899 Bangor Bricklayers, Plasterers and Masons Union, No. 7 organized 1903…
February 7
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1794 Incorporation of the town of Bridgton 1803 Incorporation of the town of St. George 1815 Incorporation of the town of Woodstock 1827 Incorporation of…
County Health Rankings 2013
County health rankings for 2011, with a state map and data charts, are reported in an earlier article. The two complement each other. A more recent report of “How Maine Ranks” is available. Numbers under each category indicate the rank among Maine counties in 2013, with “1” being the healthiest ranking. See Maine’s rank in…
County Health Rankings 2011
The following health data and map are from the County Health Rankings web site, which states “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is collaborating with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute to develop these Rankings for each state’s counties.” See County Health Rankings 2013 for more information. The charts were created using data in the…
Cumberland County Health Ratings
Cumberland County Error Margin National Benchmark* Maine Rank (of 16) Health Outcomes 3 Mortality 3 Premature death 5,742 5,415-6,069 5,564 6,575 Morbidity 4 Poor or fair health 11% 10-12% 10% 13% Poor physical health days 3.1 2.9-3.3 2.6 3.6 Poor mental health days 3.3 3.1-3.6 2.3 3.6 Low birthweight 6.6% 6.3-6.9% 6.0% 6.5% Health Factors…
March 31
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 The fourth Sunday in March is Maple Sunday, celebrating Maine’s maple syrup industry. 1605 George Weymouth’s expedition to…
March 30
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1713 Treaty of Utrecht gives “all Nova Scotia or Acadia” and the city of Port Royal to the English from previous French control.…
March 29
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1804 Birth date of Nehemiah Abbott, in the Maine House of Representatives (1842, 1843, 1845), in Congress (1857-1859), and Mayor of…