Voter Ballot Harpswell Maine 2022
the county seat of Piscataquis County, born of the union of Dover and Foxcroft in 1922, and home to Foxcroft Academy and three members of Congress, is the commercial center of the area. See photos.
"Those seeking cold, hard statistics on Maine communities won't be disappointed." —Bangor Daily News
the county seat of Piscataquis County, born of the union of Dover and Foxcroft in 1922, and home to Foxcroft Academy and three members of Congress, is the commercial center of the area. See photos.
Selected Works From the Ground Up (1976) Striper: The Story of Fish and Man (1978/1989) Amaranth, from the Past for the Future (1979) Cityside Countryside: A Journey to Two Places (1980): Sun Reflections: Images for the New Solar Age (1981) Breaking New Ground (1986) Fishing Came First: A Memoir (1989/1991/1997) Tarpon Quest (1991/1998) Claremont Hotel,…
Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901), a U.S. Representative, was born in Damariscotta on February 9, 1839. He attended the public schools at Brunswick and the Yarmouth. Boutelle adopted the profession of shipmaster. In the spring of 1862 he volunteered and was appointed acting master in the United States Navy. He served in the North and South…
(1845-1915) was born and raised in Waldo County and rose to become a media baron in the early years of the 20th century. His grandfather, Joseph Blethen, settled in what is now Thorndike and built his homestead in the 1810’s after moving from Durham. He became moderator of the town meeting in 1814, and later…
“I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world would vote them down. I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.“ – – ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY, 1835 Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) was born in Albion on November 9, 1802, the son of Daniel Lovejoy, a Congregational minister.…
December 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 1799 Birth date of Stephen C. Foster in Machias, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate and the U.S. Congress…
December 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 1831 First publication of the weekly newspaper Age in Augusta, published by I. Berry & Company.
December 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 1784 Birth date of Rufus McIntire, member of the U.S. Congress, the Maine House of Representatives, and U.S. Marshall for Maine 1855 First…
December 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 1947 Last publication of the 66 year-old newspaper Messenger in Deer Isle, published by William L. Robbins.
December 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 1858 First publication of the newspaper Bethel Courier, published by Cady & Smith. 1970 Almost 23 inches of snow drop on Portland over…
December 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 1787 Birth date of Thomas Davee, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate and the U.S. Congress, and served as…
December 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 1891 First publication of the newspaper Deering News, published by the Deering News Company. 1933 Prohibition ends, a legacy of the first “Maine…
December 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 1977 First publication of the newspaper the Gazette in Dexter by Robert H. & Janice S. Shank. 2020 Maine CDC reports 12,208…
November 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 1804 Birth date of Samuel Page Benson, a member of the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate, Maine Secretary of State, and…
November 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 1892 First publication of the newspaper Saturday Sun in Portland, published by Libby & Smith. 1897 First publication of the newspaper Daily News in…
November 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 1900 First publication of the newspaper the Iconoclast in Waterville by J. H. McCone. 2020 Maine CDC reports 9,117 total cases confirmed or probable…
November 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 1875 First publication of the newspaper the Fort Fairfield Aurora by the Fort Fairfield Publishing Association. 2000 Federal government designates the Atlantic Salmon an…
November 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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition through Maine to attach Quebec reached Point Levis, opposite Quebec City. 1802 Birth date in Albion of Elijah Parish Lovejoy…
November 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 1830 Birth date in Leeds of Oliver Otis Howard, who was a Civil War general and, after the war, assisted in founding the predominantly…
November 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 1776 Incorporation of the town of Warren 1837 Fearless, anti-slavery journalist Elijah Lovejoy, killed by a mob in Illinois in 1837, is later inducted…