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The Gucci of Clapboards
Many residents refer to it as the town’s industrial area. Others in
town are unaware of its existence, but the pine clapboards produced
at Donnell’s Clapboard Mill off the Old County Road since 1981 have
earned a reputation for being the finest traditional clapboards
produced in the world.
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Carol Damon takes in the flag at the increasingly popular
Sargentville Post Office. Damon has served as officer in
charge at the post office for the past 10 years. About 12
years ago, the U.S. Postal Service announced it would close
the post office. Protests from residents eventually overturned
the decision. The post office has become a popular meeting
spot and business is booming, Damon said.
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Tax Burden Is
Vexing
At
the turn of a new century, the biggest issues facing Sedgwick
residents invariably involve efforts to control taxes.
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Yesterday |
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Settlers Bustled
and Baptized
Sedgwick was another one of Hancock
County’s original plantations, and was designated as Plantation No.
4 after the survey of 1762.
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Memories |
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A
Town of Four Neighborhoods
Virginia Simmons describes Sedgwick as a “town of four
neighborhoods,” and she knows each of them well. “Sargentville has a
personality of its own,” she said of the “neighborhood” she
currently calls home. “When anything goes wrong, they all go to
help.”
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photographed by James Straub. He can be contacted at
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SEDGWICK FACTS
Acreage: 17,676
Population, 2000: 1,102
Population, 1990: 905
Median age: 39.9
Year-Round/Seasonal residences, 2000: 505/166
Year-Round/Seasonal residences, 1990: 444/134
Town Office: Tuesday 9 a.m. to noon; Wednesday
noon to 6 p.m.; Thursday 2 to 7:30 p.m.
Town Meeting: First Saturday in March
School: Sedgwick Elementary School
Churches: Baptist 3, Non-denominational 1
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“I think it’s a place
 that
time—and all the rush to get on the coast—passed by until just
recently.”
—Bill Donnell
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The early years:
1733:
Capt. Adam Cogswell is born in Ipswich, Mass.
1751: (Major) David Carleton is born at Andover, Mass.
1762: Shadrach Watson and John Black are removed to Naskeag
from the Arundel area.
1789: April 6, first town meeting is held in Sedgwick.
1817: Benjamin Sargent removes to Sedgwick from Gloucester,
Mass. Sargentville is named after this family.
1850: Sedgwick’s population numbers 1,235.
1882: May 18, Sedgwick Grange No. 244 is founded.
1899: Maine Lake Ice Company begins operations at Sargentville.
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