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Trolleys to Brunswick, Maine -- 1896-1937
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The last of the long-distance cross-country trolley lines which once abounded in New Engiand was the 30-mile route between Lewiston and Bath via Brunswick in the State of Maine. Built by the Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Company in 1898, it was operated by the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Company from 1907 to 1919, and was abandoned by the LA&W\u27s successor, the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Company in 1937 after a lifetime of nearly 40 years. It might have lasted even longer had it not been for highway construction!https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1037/thumbnail.jp
The Oracle, 1966
Get PDFThe inquiring student, never content with mere being, shall never cease to strive toward the highest ideals. With relentless drive, he questions and reappraises his present state, striving continually for his fulfillment. He is not afraid to knock on the door of tomorrow, to face the demanding challenges of the future with unfaltering courage. Bangor High School -- its students and its faculty -- have joined in this search, stepping forth with conviction and firmness.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bhs_yearbooks/1051/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Urban Renewal Authority Annual Report 1965
Get PDFThe downtown renewal project entered the execution stage in 1965. Preparations were made for property acquisition, and by year\u27s end, the Agency had acquired 4 commercial properties. Negotiations were held with potential developers, both the outside redevelopment specialist, and the local entrepreneur, as well as displaced businesses desiring land for relocation in the project area. Design consultants were engaged to assist the Agency in setting design objectives and criteria, which will be utilized in requesting proposals for redevelopment. At least 12 business firms had relocated into existing or new facilities.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bur_book/1011/thumbnail.jp
Annual Report, Bangor, Maine: 1965
Get PDFThe old auditorium at Bass Park was demolished to make room for the first stage of a multi-phase improvement project to convert this area into a landscaped park and parking area.
An architect will be selected to renovate the Post Office into new municipal office facilities and the renovation project itself should be well underway by the end of 1966.
A substantial amount of time and effort will be expended in assisting various higher educational facilities to get under construction within the City. At the Hogan Road exit of Route 95 it is anticipated that the new state vocational school will be under construction and Husson College will also begin the development of its area on Outer Broadway. To both projects, the City of Bangor has pledged assistance in the construction of access roads and sewer facilities.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_ban_report/1017/thumbnail.jp
Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Railway Company
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One of Maine\u27s last six electric railways was the Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Railway which, from 1911 to 1937, connected the city of Waterville with the neighboring towns of Fairfield and Oakland. Owned by the Central Maine Power Company, it was one of three traction properties of that corporation, the others being the Portland-Lewiston Interurban and the Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Street Railway.
Formed through a consolidation of the Waterville & Fairfield Railroad Company, which started as a horse car line in 1888, and the Waterville & Oakland Street Railway Company, which began operation in 1903, it was primarily a passenger carrier throughout its existence, although for a number of years it did provide terminal facilities for the freight and express service operated by the connecting Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Company and later the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1038/thumbnail.jp
The Oracle, 1965
Get PDFThe halls of Bangor High School are light and airy, the rooms walled in cheerful colors. Students and faculty alike enjoy a building designed to provide not only superb educational facilities, but also an atmosphere of efficiency and relaxation in which the academic procedure should thrive as never before. We are grateful for the blessings of this modem world.
However, we must remember that the building itself does not make the school. Rather it is for us, the students who pass through its halls, to fill it with the memories and traditions that will give it life. It is we who must light the lamps of learning and hope in its halls, it is we who must give it friendship and warmth. Through our efforts, future generations of students may indeed walk through corridors of light.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bhs_yearbooks/1050/thumbnail.jp
Allagash Wilderness Waterway: A Proposal for State Control, January 1965
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The 100th Legislature (Maine) instructed the Legislative Research Committee to look into the possibility of preserving the Allagash River Valley for future generations to enjoy. The Legislative Research Committee\u27s recommendation was that there be created an Allagash River Authority as an action group to accomplish this purpose. Upon its recommendation, the 101st Legislature passed an act creating the Allagash River Authority to formulate plans and proposals to preserve the Allagash River watercourse. The Authority is composed of heads of the Departments of Forestry, Parks and Recreation, Inland Fisheries and Game, Attorney General and University of Maine\u27s School of Forestry, and an Advisory Committee of seven members appointed by the Governor (John H. Reed).
A map is included in the report.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1320/thumbnail.jp
Report on Maine: Denial of Equal Opportunity in Rental Housing and its Effect on Negroes in Portland and Bangor, Maine
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Although the Maine State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights is concerned with the entire scope of civil rights responsibilities in the State, most of its attention in the last two and a half years has been focused on denial of equal opportunity in housing to Negroes. Investigation of this denial of equal opportunity culminated in two Open Meetings, the first in Portland, Maine on March 25, 1963, and the second in Bangor, Maine on April 27, 1964.
It is significant that Maine, geographically remote from the troubled South and temperamentally different from the large industrial centers in the North, should contain this problem. It is possible that many residents of this State, and of other States may be surprised to discover that denial of equal opportunity is not confined to any one section of the country but is to be found even in this New England State which is not traditionally regarded as a site of racial tensions. Unfortunately, the problem is not new in Maine. But it is only now that it has emerged as one that people in the State are recognizing, discussing, and trying to solve.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1369/thumbnail.jp