Category Archives: Businesses

Automotive
1. Airport Filling Station
2. Bimson’s Garage
3. Cal’s Service Station
4. Colonial Sales & Service
5. Conroy’s Oil Service
6. Googins’ Garage
7. Goold’s Texaco Station
8. Grover’s Esso & Variety
9. Jensen’s Chevron Station
10. Kaler, H.F. auto supplies
11. Lilley’s Auto Service
12. MacConnell’s Shell Station
13. Mercedes Dealership
14. Oak Hill Garage
15. Otto Tibbets’ Station
16. Peterson, Wm. & Son tires 17. Pines, The Filling Station 18. Prouts Neck Garage
19. Ron Libby’s Service Station 20. Scarborough Motor Mart 21. Stetson’s Shell
22. Waldron’s Garage

Banks
1. Canal Bank
2. Casco Bank
3. Maine National Bank
• Businesses, Miscellaneous
1. Archambault Masonry
2. Arlberg Ski & Surf
3. Assyln Construction
4. Barker, Harold W. Signs
5. Beech Ridge Speedway
6. Big 20
7. Black Point Coal Company
8. Burnham, S.P.
9. Christmas Shop
10. Cook Cement
11. Dunstan Press
12. Durgin, Kenneth
13. Erickson’s Refrigeration
14. Fowler Excavating
15. Frederick Bros. Oil
16. Frost’s Boat
17. Gasper, Carl A. Real Estate
18. Gill’s Pharmacy
19. Gilman, L.E., carriagesmith
20. Hay & Peabody Funerals
21. Herrick, R.W., Inc.
22. Hi-Way Motor Court
23. Kaler-Vaill
24. Higgins, L.R.
25. Leary, Earl R., Contractor
26. Leavitt Bros. Clams
27. Maine Egg
28. Martins Point
29. McConnell Fur Co.
30. Meserve, Homer W.
31. Milliken, George H.
32. Mini-golf driving range
33. Noble’s Home Bakery
34. Owascoag Golf Club
35. Paulsen Cabinet Works 36. Piper Shores
37. Portland Concrete
38. Portland Drive-in Theater 39. Prout, Leroy S.
40. Roberts, Charles E.
41. Roberts, Dave – Construction 42. Sargent. Gerald, Electrical
43. Scarboro Electric Service
44. Scarborough Downs
45. Scarborough Pharmacy
46. Scarborough Signs
47. Skillings, John Burner Service 48. St. Johnsbury Trucking
49. Stanford, George H.
50. Temm Shingle Mill
51. Thurston & Bayley
52. U.S. Wind Engine Co.
53. Urquhart, H.C. Range & Fuel 54. Waldron’s Garage
55. White’s Animal Farm
56. Wild Duck Camping Area
57. Willowdale Golf Club
58. Yoke Reality
Lodging
1. Beauty Rest Camps
2. Burnell’s Modern Camps
3. Burnham’s Cabins
4. Cedars, The
5. Danish Village
6. Grant’s Resort
7. McConnell’s Cabins
8. Millbrook Motel
9. Moulton’s Modern Camps
10. Oak Hill Lodge
11. Oak Leaf Motel
12. Oliver’s Cabins
13. Pine Haven Trailer Camp
14. Red Shutter Cabins
15. Scarborough Centre Cabins
16. Skillings Cabins
17. Sunrise Cabins (Two Elms)
18. Triple Tower Tourist Home
19. Two Elms (Sunrise Cabins)
20. Wag’s Cabins
21. Willowdale Cabins
• Manufacturing
1. Burnham & Morril
2. Herman Shoe Company
3. Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip Co.
4. Puritan Spring Water
5. Snow’s Canning Company
• Restaurants
1. Anjon’s Restaurant
2. Atomic Subs
3. Bad Dog Deli
4. Bayley’s Lobster Pound
5. Bette’s Lunch
6. Bill’s Place
7. Bob White’s Carriage House
8. Burnell’s Café
9. Cascades
10. Charlie’s Drive-in
11. Clambake
12. Cole’s Restaurant
13. Colonial House, The
14. Conora
15. Corner Shop, The
16. Dunsboro
17. Dunscroft Inn & Cabins
18. Dunstan School
19. Earlcliff Lunch Room
20. Fogg’s Rest. & Lobster Pound
21. Foley’s Ice Cream
22. Forest City Restaurant
23. Grant’s Restaurant
24. Harmon’s Dairy Bar
25. Ken’s Place
26. Marshview
27. Mary & Bob’s Restaurant
28. Mert Emerson’s Restaurant
29. Moulton House
30. Nell & Mark’s Restaurant
31. Park’s Home Bakery
32. Pinedale Restaurant
33. Raceway Diner
34. Rogers’ Fried Clams & Clam Cakes
35. Rood’s Concession
36. Roy & Judy’s Restaurant
37. Scarboro Inn Restaurant
38. Shaw Family Inn
39. Simpson’s Hamburgers
40. Snowberry Lobster House
41. Snug Harbor
42. Tarry-A-While
43. Valle’s Steakhouse
44. Wayland, The
45. Whitten’s Restaurant
• Retail establishments
1. Baker’s Store
2. Bayley’s Lobster Pound
3. Centervale Antiques
4. Christmas Shop
5. Eight Corners Market
6. Ganem’s Store
7. Graffam’s Store
8. Harmon’s Market
9. Higgins Beach Market
10. Hillson’s Market
11. Howard’s Store
12. K-Mart
13. Knight, George Store
14. Libby & Co. Ice
15. Libby, Len Candy Store
16. Libby, W.S. Store
17. Libby’s Toy Shop
18. Lord’s Market
19. Mammoth Mart
20. Martha’s Doughnut Shop
21. Martha’s Hand Made Doughnuts
22. Moulton, M.S. Store
23. Murray’s Drug Store
24. Newcomb’s Store
25. Peterson’s Grain Store
26. Pine Point Seafood Market
27. Sampson’s Supermarket
28. Shaw, E.L.
29. Shaw, V.T. Store
30. Sherman’s Store
31. Sylvester, A.M. perfumery
32. Ward, V.D. dry goods & provisions
33. Wayside Furniture
34. Wiggins Store
35. Woodman’s Store

The Pillsbury House

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Linda Snow-McLoon

PICTURES OF THE WEEK – January 13, 2023 From the Scarborough Historical Society’s digital collections come these pictures of an early Pine Point tourist destination, the Pillsbury House, that opened its doors for lodging and shore dinners in 1875. Included … Continue reading →

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Updates October 2022

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Don Taylor

In October 2022, the following items were added to the website: Organizations 12th Maine Regiment (Civil War) Twenty-seventh Reunion of the 12th  Maine Regiment – Dunstan, 10 September 1908. I added a photo of the West Scarborough Methodist Church (circa 1928). … Continue reading →

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William Graffam – Puzzle Editor

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Larry Glatz

William H. Graffam (1853-1934) Puzzle Editor of West Scarborough, Maine By Larry Glatz of (East) Scarborough, Maine — 31 August 2022 For most who knew him locally, William Henry Graffam was a successful grocer and sometime postmaster at Dunstan’s Corner … Continue reading →

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Updates July 2022

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Don Taylor

Books Available Online I added a link to Sylvester, Herbert Milton, The Sokoki Trail (1907) – “The Romance of Black Point” Businesses I added the 1970 Scarborough Business Directory – by Scarborough Jaycees Education Grammer Schools I digitized, OCRed, and … Continue reading →

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The Villages of Scarborough – Oak Hill

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Becky Delaware

By Becky Delaware Continuing our series about the villages of Scarborough. . .The Oak Hill area has undergone many changes over the years. Readers are invited to contribute information the writer may have overlooked. Many think of Oak Hill as … Continue reading →

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From the Ephemera. . .

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Linda Snow-McLoon

By Linda Snow McLoon Early Scarborough merchants often had elaborate letterheads for their businesses. These three competing retailers did business in Dunstan, where they offered a wide range of inventory to their customers.               … Continue reading →

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The Villages of Scarborough

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Becky Delaware

By Becky Delaware North Scarborough Continuing our series about the villages of Scarborough. . . The Village of North Scarborough is often more closely associated with Gorham or Westbrook. For a long time, residents in this area had a Gorham … Continue reading →

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SEDCO produced videos of how COVID affected several Scarborough businesses

Posted on May 11, 2021 by scarbo7_wp

SEDCO – Scarborough Economic Development Corporation produced an excellent series of videos regarding how Covid affected five Scarborough businesses. Represented are: ACE Oak Hill & Dunstan Hardware Dunstan Tap and Table Mend Health of Maine O’Relly’s Cure Perfect Fit Health … Continue reading →

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