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  • Author: Le Club Calumet

Date: 1987 July 10

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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A supplement to the daily newspaper that includes a history of the Augusta, Maine, celebration, statements of prominent club members, advertisements, as well as a 1987 schedule of events, the parade route, and pieces on popular performers to appear.

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  • Author: Quimby, Beth

Date: 2010 May 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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French consul general to Boston, Cristophe Guilhou, makes a tour of Maine guided by Severin Beliveau. Guilou's visit comes in preparation of an October 2010 Maine/France trade mission. Article originally written for the Portland Press Herald.

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  • Author: Farkas, Tom

Date: 1996 January 18

Publication: Capital Weekly

Language: English

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Augusta, Maine, resident Paul Labbe helps the local Capital Weekly newspaper to identify a 1940s photo of a store and gas station. Article features the picture itself, as well as claims from others who attempted to make an identification of the…

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  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1989 December 2-3

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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In the aftermath of the burning of the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine, some former workers look back on their many years spent there during its time of operation. This article focuses on the stories of Edward Doyon, Valmond Rodrigue, Robert Beaudoin,…

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  • Author: Rooks, Douglas

Date: 1989 December 2-3

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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This editorial reflects on the recent burning of the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine, in contrast with the anticipation of a new shopping mall to be built in the same city, not far from the mill site.

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  • Author: Brack, Ken

Date: 1989 December 8

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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After the defunct Edwards Mill of Augusta, Maine, is devastated by fire in 1989, it comes to light that its owner had been trying for nearly a year to sell the property.

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  • Author: Brack, Ken

Date: 1990 January 13

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Article getting feedback from Mark Isaacson, vice president of the Edwards Manufacturing Co. whose Augusta, Maine, mill site was demolished by fire one month ago. Includes a picture of Isaacson in front of the mill ruins.

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  • Author: Stone, Matthew

Date: 2009 October 2

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Members of the Kennebec Valley Federal Credit Union vote to reject a merger with Kennebec Savings Bank. Both institutions are located in Augusta, Maine. KVFCU, formerly known as St. Augustine Credit Union, was the financial institution historically…

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  • Author: Edwards, Keith

Date: 2009 June 23

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Article on Augusta, Maine, entrepreneur, Frank Pomerleau, written soon after his death. Pomerleau's furniture and appliance store was a staple in the community for over 50 years, with Pomerleau himself being recognized for his success by business and…

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  • Author: Edwards, Keith

Date: 2009 April 28

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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The City of Augusta, Maine seizes the eastside paper mill, formerly known as "Statler Tissue," with the stated purpose of demolition for potential development. According to the Kennebec Journal, the mill closed in 2001.

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  • Author: Hale, John

Date: 2009 August 20

Publication: Capital Weekly

Language: English

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The demolition of the Augusta, Maine, east-side paper mill, which began June 2010, continues in plain view on the bank of the Kennebec River.

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  • Author: Hale, John

Date: 2009 July 30

Publication: Capital Weekly

Language: English

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With a merger pending between Kennebec Savings Bank and KV Federal Credit Union - both of Augusta, Maine - some credit union members voice their opposition, citing the historical value of their institution, its assistance to the Franco-American…

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  • Author: Paradis, Patrick

Date: 1980 October 16

Publication: Church World: Maine's Catholic Weekly

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4038541

Extended article on Augusta, Maine, Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Valmond Gilbert, celebrant of St. Augustine Church. Discusses his community involvement - religious, economic, political, and otherwise. Includes photos of Fr. Gilbert at mass, with…

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  • Author: Betit, Paul

Date: 1976 September 25

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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From a Kennebec Journal special six-part series on local history, this article focuses on Rev. Joseph Casavant of St. Augustin Roman Catholic Church in Augusta, Maine. Fr. Casavant served the parish from 1919 to 1958.

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  • Author: Manlove, George

Date: 1994 September 14

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Some older tenement buildings at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, are evacuated as their demolition begins - "part of a federally funded neighborhood improvement project."

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  • Author: Frank Pomerleau's Inc.

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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16-page add featured in the Kennebec Journal's 150th Anniversary Edition paper.

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  • Author: Herter, Sara

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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An article on the mills of the Kennebec River in central Maine, the immigration wave at the turn of the century, and the Franco-American workforce. Featured in the 150th Anniversary edition of the Kennebec Journal.

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  • Author: St. Augustine Federal Credit Union

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Advertisement for the St. Augustine Parish credit union in North Augusta, Maine.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1909 April 20

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on the plans for a new cotton mill - owned entirely by French-Canadians - to be built in Manville, Rhode Island.

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1903 July 15

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article on the annual gathering of the New England Franco-American Chamber of Commerce at Concord, New Hampshire, in 1903.

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1900 July 11

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article on a gathering of the Franco-American Board of Trade of New England held at Manchester, New Hampshire, in the summer of 1900.

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  • Author: Associated Press

Date: 2010 October 8-9

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Priscille Gagnon, for head of La Kermesse Franco American festival in Biddeford, Maine, is sentenced to three months in prison after being convicted of embezzling nearly $80,000 in festival funds to pay for her husband's hospital bills.

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  • Author: Bell, Debra
  • Author: Shaw, Richard

Date: 2008 August 14-15

Publication: Bangor Daily News

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8818350, 44337162

A newspaper supplement to the Bangor Daily News, Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal, Lewiston Sun Journal, Portland Press Herald, and York County Coast Star in celebration of Aubuchon Hardware's 100th anniversary. Contains a number of old photos and…

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  • Author: Richardson, John

Date: 2010 November 4

Publication: Portland Press Herald

Language: English

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Analysis of Maine voting patterns from the 2010 gubernatorial election. This author contends that the Maine vote - largely divided between Paul LePage, the victor, and Eliot Cutler - was not a "north-south split," but a more complex divide better…

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  • Author: Sambides, Nick, Jr.

Date: 2010 November 9

Publication: Bangor Daily News

Language: English

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Dispute over rail access between Canadian National Railway Co. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the latter ostensibly blocking CN from reaching a Madawaska, Maine, paper plant.

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  • Author: Nos Histoires de l'IÌ‚le Group

Date: 1999

Language: en

Find in a Library: 43797929

A chronicling of French Island ("Treat and Webster Island"), Old Town, Maine, from 1800 to the late 20th century. Includes photos, selections from interviews and oral histories, historical synopses, and stories from the French Island community. A…

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  • Author: Quintal, Claire

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 35289877

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Essay collection on the diverse aspects of Franco American community and life in New England. Emphases on French Canadian immigration to New England; religion, education, and community life; and Franco American literature. Includes a wide range of…

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  • Author: Lawton, R.J.

Date: 1915

Language: en

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From the text: "This volume is published chiefly for the purpose of showing the achievements of the Franco-American citizens of Maine to-day. Written from an independent viewpoint, the work seeks to make familiar to English reading people the status…

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  • Author: Crean, Susan M.
  • Author: Rioux, Marcel

Date: 1983

Language: en

Find in a Library: 10800674

Find Online: OL2881627M

Book-length essay by two Canadian scholars on altering and asserting the political, social, and economic strengths of Canada and Quebec, respectively, amidst "American Pre-eminence" in the late 20th century. Suggestions on efforts to reshape Canadian…

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  • Author: Vermont Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

Date: 1983

Language: English

Find in a Library: 9609949

Find Online: OL5336454W

From the members of the Vermont Advisory Committee: "The report presents an historic overview of the French-Canadian presence in Vermont over the past 300 years, a discussion of the size of the State's Franco-American population, and the different…

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