1816 | Penobscot County established |
1860 | Knox County established |
1899 | Bangor Bricklayers, Plasterers and Masons Union, No. 7 organized | ||
1903 |
The five masted schooner Washington B. Thomas was launched in Thomaston, but lasted only two months being wrecked the following June. (Day of month estimated.) |
1915 |
Incorporation of the town of North Kennebunkport, now Arundel |
1987 | Central and South-central Maine suffer $100,000,000 in damages from a major flood. Affected areas included Augusta, Gardiner, Hallowell, Pittsfield, Waterville, and Winslow. |
2021 |
Maine CDC reports 50,788 total COVID-19 cases, 38,895 confirmed and 11,893 probable for COVID-19 (Coronavirus); 744 deaths to date; 12,954 have completed isolations. Each of the 16 counties have at least 388 confirmed cases. There have been 1,677 hospitalizations since Covid-19 appeared; this is not the current number hospitalized. |
Additional resources
Lowell, Jessica. “Massive flood of 1987 could happen again.” Kennebec Journal.. March 31, 2017. https://www.centralmaine.com/2017/03/31/massive-flood-of-1987-could-happen-again/ (accessed January 31, 2019)