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Citizen Committees Shape Bucksport’s Future
Bucksport’s town manager and seven councilors have tens of dozens
of partners: volunteers whose voices are as significant as those of
the town’s paid or elected officials.
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| Yesterday |
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Museum of History, Mystery
The former railroad depot on the
Main Street
waterfront, near the town dock, is actually the museum for the
Bucksport Historical Society.
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Jacques Is a Memorial Day Man
Ten
years have passed since Bucksport celebrated its bicentennial in
1992. But Oliva Jacques still thinks every day is an occasion to
be proud of the town.
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These Civic-Minded Ladies Don’t Count the Hours
or Years
Jean Grindle and Betty Billings can’t recall how many years
Bucksport Community Concerns has been a part of their lives.
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Remembering the Alamo: It’s Been a Fast 10 Years
Some of the mainstays of Main Street—George MacLeod of MacLeod’s
Restaurant, and Richard Rosen of Rosen’s Department Store—were
disappointed when they didn’t land the old Alamo Theatre at a
foreclosure auction 10 years ago.
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Tardif, Times Two: Teens Rule
It’s the rare student who passes through Bucksport High School
without an English course taught by a Tardif.
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Paper Mill Keeps Bucksport in Business
At the edge of Bucksport, the International Paper Co. plant
dominates both the town’s skyline and its economy. For more than
70 years, the paper mill has kept Bucksport in business.
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Take a Walk on the Waterfront
Bucksport’s Penobscot River waterfront is as exciting as ever. The
walk along the waterfront, complete with lamps and lighting, is
one of its best and newest features.
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Friends of Fort Knox Are Bucksport-Friendly
The Friends of Fort Knox can be contacted through a post office box
in Bucksport. And there’s plenty of participation in Fort Knox
events by Bucksport folks. But the state historic site across
the Penobscot River actually isn’t about Bucksport at all: It is located
in the far-smaller
Waldo
County
town of Prospect.
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Ospreys Keep Watch on Waldo-Hancock Bridge
Repairs
Like Fort Knox, the Waldo-Hancock Bridge along Route 1 that
connects the two counties is not in Bucksport. But also like
Fort Knox, those in Bucksport enjoy a dramatic view of the
historic bridge over the Penobscot River.
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| Written and
photographed by Katherine Williams. She can be contacted at
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Bucksport Facts
Acreage: 34,699
Population, 2000: 4,908
Population, 1990: 4,800
Population 19 years old and younger, 2000: 1,342
Median age: 38.3
School: Miles Lane School; G. Herbert Jewett School;
Walter H. Gardner Middle School; Bucksport High School;
Evangel Baptist Academy; REACH Alternative Middle-Senior
High School
Library: Buck Memorial Library
Churches: Congregational 1, Church of God 2, Roman
Catholic 1, Methodist 3, Baptist 1, Friends Meeting 1
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They
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“I’d like to
 think that Bucksport is a little better place, for my having
been here.”
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1764: Settled by Jonathan Buck of Haverhill, Massachusetts.
1783: The Jed Prouty Inn is built by Asa Peabody, a prominent
merchant in early Bucksport.
1792: Called Buckstown, it is incorporated as the ninth town in
the county.
1817: Town name changes to Bucksport.
1850: Sold to Daniel Robinson, the Inn becomes the Robinson
House, a name it carries for the next 100 years.
1852: Buck’s grandchildren erect a monument at his grave site.
Local lore notes that as the monument weathered, an image in the form of
a woman’s leg and foot appeared under the Buck name.
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