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Masthead Maine's newspaper properties were, for most of the 20th century, the core of Guy Gannett Communications, a local family-owned business not related to the larger Gannett chain. The company was founded by its namesake, Guy P. Gannett in 1921, and managed by a family trust from 1954 until 1998, when the trust left the media business.
Cornelia Dow (1842–1905), philanthropist, temperance activist; born and died in Portland, Maine; Sarah E. Fuller (1838-1913), national president, Woman's Relief Corps; born in Portland, Maine; Nathaniel Gordon, only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed under the Piracy Law of 1820 "for being engaged in the Slave Trade"
1944 - A-26 Invader crash near Portland airport was Maine's worst aircraft accident. [54] 1946 - Baxter Woods municipal forest established. [55] 1947 - Maine Turnpike connected Portland to what would become the Interstate Highway System. [56] 1950 - Population: 77,634. [8] 1953 - WCSH begins broadcasting. 1954 - WMTW begins broadcasting.
Portland, Maine School Board members (5 P) Pages in category "Politicians from Portland, Maine" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Portland, Maine. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Friend checked in on Robert and Patricia Eager after not being able to get ahold of them, finding them dead
Location of Portland in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The house was designed by Alexander Parris, then early in his career, and was built in 1801 for Joseph Holt Ingraham, a silversmith and businessman. The house, one of the oldest on the Portland peninsula, is one of three surviving works of Parris in the city, where he lived 1801-09 before achieving fame for his work in Boston and elsewhere.