Speakers and Programs

Currrent programs

Previous programs

 

Program Schedule & Recent Programs

Unless indicated otherwise:

Meetings are at 7:00pm
at the
Milbridge Historical Museum
83 Main Street, Milbridge,
unless otherwise indicated.

All are free and open to the public.

The programs are quite varied, offering short talks on topics of historical or cultural interest. Most talks feature local residents, talking about something of local interest.

If you can’t get to Milbridge, you may wish to view summaries of the talks given by past speakers at this series. View some of these past talks below.

A schedule of speakers for the year follows:

Programs for 2008

 

December to Feb No Programs held during the winter months
March 11 Narraguagus High School Chorus & Ice Cream social following the concert (held at elementary school) - John Cicci, Director
April 8 Life Flight of Maine
May 13 2,274 miles on the Appalachian trail - Peter Dustin
June 10 My trip to Russia - Edward Paquette
July 8 Lifeline - Terri Swanson
August 12 The story of the "Extreme Home Makover" ...The Ray- Smith Family -
September 9 Changes on Main street -
October 14 Petit Manan wildlife
November 11 Ora Aselton -
   
   

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Previous Programs

Extreme Makeover Home edition comes to Milbridge.View photos of the home here.

Voyage to the bottom of the sea! . . . . Well almost .

July 2007 Antiques Appraisal with Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

The year without a summer (The summer of 1816)

Salmon Fishing

Pond Island History

40 Years of Lobstering

Burnham Tavern and the Revolutionary War Downeast

Record Crowd Hears about Nash Island, Jenny Cirone

Ruggles House -- "One of the finest examples in New England...of a small federal period home"

From Boom to Bust -- the Harvest of Urchins in Maine

Tasty Cheese, and Soap, From Goat's Milk

Mining in Downeast Maine

Multipurpose Recreational Complex Coming to the County

Fiberglass Boat Building

The Ugliest Things You Ever Laid Your Eyes On

The Base Line

A Career in the C.I.A.

Washington County's Cranberry Industry

Dairy Farming in Washington County

Milbridge Founding Families

McClellan Park

Mills and Dams of the Narraguagus

History in Post Cards

Farming the Salt Marsh with Dikes

Shirley Kennedy Tells Historians About Barrel Racing

"A Good-Sized Small Winery"

Historians Relive Era of Stacy’s Country Jamboree

 

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