Mar 30, 2012 | Bangor Daily News
Ex-firefighter from Pleasant Point gets 18 months for series of arson fires Down East
A former volunteer firefighter with the Pleasant Point Fire Department has been sentenced to 18 months in jail in connection with a rash of wildfires set last summer in Washington County.
He was born April 16, 1917, in Pembroke, Maine, son of Ellis Elmer and Lillian Blanch Boyden of Perry, Maine.
Maine seaweed farmers seek expansion in Connecticut
In this file photo, a seasonal seaweed harvester working for Nova Scotia-based Acadian Seaplants in Pembroke plunges a handcutter rake into the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke recently to removed rockweed.
The best place to see Maine's reversing falls
PEMBROKE, Maine - The Pine Tree State boasts a number of unheralded natural wonders.
Family Ties: 1881 diary details shopping trip in Eastport
How wonderful it is when a diary, or portion of one, is transcribed and shared in a historical society newsletter.