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Clerk Wilkinson Loves Her Town
But
Gouldsboro Still Seeks a Manager—Again
Yvonne “Eve” Wilkinson, as town clerk, has presided as the single
most familiar face in the Gouldsboro Town Office—a place where
management seems to change frequently enough.
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Corea Lobster Buoys
Gouldsboro
consists of five villages including Corea, known for its
lobstering heritage.
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For Rent: One Lighthouse Cottage
The lighthouse and adjoining cottage in Prospect Harbor, owned by
the Coast Guard and the Navy respectively, have uses beyond just
making for a pretty photo.
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A Faithful Correspondent—For 50
Years
For years Ted Blaisdell just couldn’t keep his name out of Ivy
Young’s correspondent’s column in The Ellsworth American.
Each time someone came to visit, Young phoned to ask who was there.
Each time he left his garage open with his car gone, she phoned to
ask where he had been.
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Loan Delivers Both Sermons and the
Mail
With two United Methodist churches in town, Pastor Steve Loan
conducts two services each Sunday morning. And when Communion
Sundays come around, Loan includes in each service his own solo
hymn.
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Yesterday |
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Society Honors Town’s History
Many in Gouldsboro know the site of the Gouldsboro Historical
Society as a good place to park for the day: The big, white wooden
building along Route 1 at the top of Route 186 is an identifiable
place for drivers meeting up to take just one car.
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Dorcas Library at 70
Gouldsboro’s Dorcas Library has never been more useful to the
community—and that claim can go back a healthy 70 years when the
library first formed.
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photographed by Katherine Williams. She can be contacted at
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Go
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Gouldsboro
Facts:
Acreage: 27,606
Villages: Gouldsboro, South
Gouldsboro, Birch Harbor, Prospect Harbor, Corea
Population, 2000: 1,941
Population, 1990: 1,987
Population, 19 years and younger, 2000: 430
Median age: 42.3
Library: Dorcas Library
School: Gouldsboro Grammar School
Churches: Methodist 2, Baptist 1
Town meeting: Third Tuesday in June
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They
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“We
have an incredible
 amount
of community involvement with volunteers for all boards and
committees.”
—-“Eve” Wilkinson,
Interim town manager
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1764:
Original grant given to Nathan Jones,
Francis Shaw and Robert Gould.
1789:
Gouldsboro organizes as a town
1796:
Gen. David Cobb builds a home at
Gouldsboro Point, and works to built wharves, storehouses, saw mills and
ships.
Unknown:
Date of the erection of the first town
house, “the scene of all public gatherings.” Burned in 1883.
1878-1882:
Town enjoys silver mining boom.
1895:
Winter Harbor breaks away from
Gouldsboro and becomes its own town.
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