his year the  Cumberland County Civic Center is celebrating its 25^th Anniversary.  If you've lived in Maine, or even New England during any portion of the past 25 years, chances are pretty good you've been to the Civic Center.  Whether it was with the kids for an entertaining children's show, watching an exciting championship sports event, or attending a concert that featured your favorite band, the Cumberland County Civic Center has, over the last quarter-century, played host to many of our fondest memories, indeed memories that will last us a lifetime.

     Around Maine visited the Civic Center recently with our cameras in tow, and we poured through old scrapbooks and photographs of the arena's early years.  We've put together a retrospective look at the Civic Center, literally from the ground up.  We'd like to give special thanks to Roberta Wright, the Civic Center's Marketing Director, and to the entire staff for opening the doors and allowing us to share with you a unique look at the place that has played such a memorable part in our lives.  We hope you'll enjoy...

By David Rossignol
On-line Editor
22 April, 2002

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