For the earliest residents, Native Americans, dugout canoes were the vehicles of choice along the coast. Full use of rivers, lakes and streams awaited the invention of the lighter birch bark canoe, which could be carried from one water body to another, creating important links inland and to the north. After the Europeans arrived, rivers…
Consecutive Championships School No. Year Greely 6 2001-2006 Scarborough 8 2005-2012 Year No Classes, Class A Class B 1979 Ellsworth Class A Class B 1980 Waterville Mount Desert 1981 Brewer Mount Desert 1982 Brewer Mount Desert 1983 Brewer Old Town 1984 South Portland Scarborough 1985 South Portland Ellsworth 1986 Thornton Academy Scarborough 1987 Brewer…
Consecutive Championships School No. Year Chevrus 7 1980-1986 Scarborough 5 1994-1998 ————————————————————————————- Year No Classes, Class A Class B 1968 Portland 1969 Deering 1970 Portland 1971 South Portland 1972 South Portland Class A Class B 1973 Deering Lawrence 1974 Deering Lawrence 1975 Deering/Brunswick (Tie) Lawrence 1976 Portland Orono 1977 Portland Cheverus 1978 Portland Cheverus 1979…
Consecutive Championships School No. Year Scarborough 5 1994-1998 Winthrop 5 1995-1999 John Bapst 5 2002-2006 Waterville 5 2007-2011 Year Class A Class B Class C 1973 Marshwood Massabesic 1974 Mount Blue Falmouth 1975 Mount Ararat Gorham York 1976 Waterville Greely Orono 1977 South Portland Noble Orono 1978 Mount Blue Gorham Falmouth 1979 Westbrook Greely Hyde…
Consecutive Champions School No. Year Deering 5 1960-1964 Lawrence 5 1974-1978 Chevrus 5 1981-1985 Year Class L, LL Class M Class S 1959 Brunswick Winslow Lincoln Academy 1960 Deering Winslow Wells 1961 Deering Gould Academy Orono 1962 Deering Kennebunk Orono 1963 Deering Bonny Eagle Mechanic Falls 1964 Deering Bonny Eagle Wells 1965 Edward Little Falmouth…
Townships is the designation of minor civil divisions that have no organized local government, such as a plantation, town or city.
School Bell Commemorating the Maine Unorganized Territory School System (2001)
Bell Recalling the Unorganized Territory School System (2001)
Townships in Maine are administered directly by the State government. Taxes are due directly to the State Bureau of Taxation, with funds disbursed to support township services such as schools. They have names or may simply be designated by a township and range identification, such as T3 R4 WELS or T5 ND BPP. T stands for township, and R indicates a range. More abbreviations are here.