- V is for …
- The number of state championships the Greely High Rangers won in the winter sports season just past: hockey, indoor track, and basketball (girls); and basketball and indoor track (boys).
- 1812
- Sweetser’s Apple Barrel and Orchards has been a family farm ever since, and is operated by three generations today. (maineapple.com)
- A princely sum
- It cost $15,578 to build Prince Memorial Library (inc. 1921) following a bequest by Carroll D. Prince and Annie Lincoln Prince. (princeml.mainememory.net)
- 1868
- The year of the first Cumberland Fair on Oct. 10-11, behind what is now Greely High School. The Cumberland Farmers Club was incorporated in 1875. (www.cumberlandfair.com)
- Foreside preserved
- Broad Cove Reserve off Route 88 consists of 22 acres; almost 11, including a beach, are along the shoreline. (www.cumberlandmaine.com)
- ‘12 Apostles’
- The pine trees on “Ephraim’s Mount” long served as a navigational aid for sailors. The last of the 12 came down in 1935. (www.mainememory.net)
- 212
- The acreage of Knights Pond Preserve, which includes trails and a 46-acre Great Pond. (www.cumberlandmaine.com)
- The Val Halla Six
- Co-founders of the golf club in the early 1960s were Bob Leighton, Bob Darling, Dave Higgins, Bud Bernard, Andy Bunker and Ted Lauritzen. (valhallagolf.com)
- Power Rangers
- Greely High School in 2009 adopted the IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma Programme, “one of the most comprehensive, rigorous, and assessed high school diplomas available in the world today.” (www.msad51.org)
- Proud tradition
- The 91st annual Memorial Day Celebration is on for Monday, May 28. Parade: 10 a.m. (www.cumberlandmaine.com)
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