Since the late 1950s, a humble family general store on the shores of Long Pond has grown into one of Belgrade’s most beloved local institutions. In 1958, Jim and Mae Day, together with their son Gary and his wife Joyce, opened the doors of what would come to be known...
For more than eight decades, the Tukey name was woven into the economic life of Belgrade, shaped by the rhythms of the forest, the lakes and the steady work of a family-run mill. The business began in the 1930s with Hugh Carlton Tukey, a young Belgrade resident who...
From the farm to the forestClifton “Skip” Hammond was born September 22, 1927, in Belgrade, Maine, and grew up on the family farm. Like many in rural Maine, he learned early how to work with his hands, splitting his youth between chores in the barn and “woods work” in...