Augusta

The Maine State House in Augusta, Maine is the state capitol of the State of Maine. The building was completed in 1832, one year after Augusta became... the capital of Maine. Built using Maine granite, the State House was based on the design of the Massachusetts State House . Governor Paul LePage and the Maine Legislature convene at the State House. When Maine separated from Massachusetts and became a state in 1820, a number of cities and towns sought the honor of becoming the state capital. The principal aspirants were Portland, Brunswick, Hallowell, Waterville, Belfast, Wiscasset, and Augusta. Originally, the first capital of Maine was Portland, but it was moved to Augusta because it was centrally located. The Legislature passed and Governor Enoch Lincoln signed the bill establishing Augusta as the capital in 1832. The lot chosen for the Maine State House by the governor and the Commissions after careful consideration of various sites on both sides of the river contains 34 cres and extending from the old Hallowell road to the Kennebec River.
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The Blaine House, also known as James G. Blaine House, is the official residence of the Governor of Maine and his or her family. The Executive... Mansion was officially declared the residence of the Governor in 1919 with the name "The Blaine House." It is located in Augusta, Maine, across the street from the Maine State House. The Blaine House was donated to the State of Maine for a Governor's residence by Harriet Blaine Beale in 1919. The house dates back to 1833 and was built by James Hall, a retired ship's captain. James G. Blaine, then the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, purchased it in 1862 as a present for his wife, the former Harriet Stanwood, daughter of a prominent Augusta family. During World War I it was used by Maine's Committee for Public Safety. It was presented to the State by Blaine's youngest daughter, Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale, and established by the Legislature of 1919 as the official residence of the Governor of Maine. It was remodeled prior to the first governor taking residence in 1921. Carl E. Miliken was the first governor to occupy the home. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic church and active congregation at 9 Summer Street in Augusta, Maine, just west of downtown. The parish... dates from 1840. Its current building was built in 1886 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. This structure replaced an older, smaller wood structure built in 1841, which was located just north of the current site of Lithgow Library. A window honoring Saint Mark from the old church is part of the current church and stands behind the choir stalls. The congregation continues to be active to this day and houses multiple community ministries. These include the Addie's Attic Clothing Bank, Everyday Basics Essentials Pantry and the Augusta Area Food Bank, all of which operate in the adjacent Parish Hall, which was built in 1959. Outside of church services, Saint Mark's Church also serves as a venue for musical performances. Most prominent among these is an organ concert held every spring since 1997. In 2010, the annual concert was renamed the Annual Marilyn Tedesco Memorial Concert in honor of former St. Mark's Music Director and organist Marilyn Tedesco. Saint Mark's is one of two Episcopal congregations in Augusta.
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St. Mary's Church is a historic church at 39 Western Avenue in Augusta, Maine. The church was built in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Rachel Emily Nichols is an American actress and model. Nichols began modeling while attending Columbia University in New York City in the late... 1990s. She transitioned into television and film acting in the early 2000s; she had a bit part in the romantic drama film Autumn in New York and a one-episode role in the fourth season of the hit show Sex and the City . Her first major role was in the comedy film Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd . She had the main role in the crime drama television series The Inside , though it was cancelled after one season. Nichols gained recognition playing Rachel Gibson in the final season of the serial action television series Alias and for her role in the horror film The Amityville Horror . Nichols' first starring film role was in the horror–thriller P2 . She had a supporting role in the coming-of-age film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and appeared in Star Trek . She starred in the action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian .
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R.A. Mihailoff is an American film and television actor and also a former professional wrestler. Mihailoff's first role was in the 1980 science... fiction film The Lathe of Heaven. He is best known for portraying the role of Leatherface in the film Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, the third and final in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre series of movies. In his free time, Mihailoff has been ghost hunting in a paranormal group called the Hollywood Ghost Hunters. It is a "group of people who normally make a living by trying to scare other people. Everybody in the group has something to do with horror movies." The group was founded by Kane "Jason" Hodder who played the lead role of Jason Vorhees in the Friday The 13th series, and his partner Rick "Stuntman" McCullum, a Hollywood stuntman and actor who doubles for horror film actors like Sid Haig. They formed the team after filming Fallen Angles at Mansfield Reformatory where they claim to have had a paranormal experience in one of the cell blocks. On January 7, 2011, Hollywood Ghost Hunters was featured on the Pico House episode of Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures.
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Rachel Emily Nichols is an American actress and model. Nichols began modeling while attending Columbia University in New York City in the late... 1990s. She transitioned into television and film acting in the early 2000s; she had a bit part in the romantic drama film Autumn in New York and a one-episode role in the fourth season of the hit show Sex and the City . Her first major role was in the comedy film Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd . She had the main role in the crime drama television series The Inside , though it was cancelled after one season. Nichols gained recognition playing Rachel Gibson in the final season of the serial action television series Alias and for her role in the horror film The Amityville Horror . Nichols' first starring film role was in the horror–thriller P2 . She had a supporting role in the coming-of-age film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and appeared in Star Trek . She starred in the action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian .
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Paul Matthew Cram, born on October 31, 1985, is an American actor. He is known for his role as "Zee", in the film Intermedio. He has also done some... work with Cillian Murphy from The Dark Knight. Paul hails from a sprawling west coast family of 15. His interest in art is an oddity for his family because of his father's military career, five of his brother's military background, & two sisters working on the police force. As well as his families legacy of making maps.
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