1683 | Incorporation of the town of North Yarmouth |
1792 |
Incorporation of the town of Buckstown, now Bucksport |
1863 |
Maine came under enemy attack as sailors from the Confederate navy sailed up the coast and boarded the Union revenue cutter Caleb Cushing for a raid on Portland harbor. |
1955 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower visits U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith and delivers a speech at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. [see presidential visits] | ||
2011 |
U.S. Supreme Court rules state “clean election” funds cannot be used to match a “clean” candidate’s opponent’s higher election spending, thus crippling the Maine law and reducing the number of candidate’s using public financing instead of taking private contributions. |