Harriet blaine beal donated the house and grounds to the state of maine for the purpose of a governors home. Sadly Harriet Blaine beal had lost her son, Walker Blaine beal, in world war i and he had actually owned the house and then upon his death the house reverted back to her and she, recognizing it probably wasnt going to go on in the family and negotiation that recognizing the need that maine had and the close proximity of the blaine house to our statehouse across the street she donated the house for the purpose of the governors home. This is the state reception room. When the house was built in 1833 this was two rooms and then when the blaines acquired the house in 1862, in 69 and again in 1872 they made some major changes to the house which included opening up both these two rooms into one big reception room. This really reflects the fact that in the blaine period of ownership from 1862 into the early 1900s that there was a lot of entertaining that went on in the house related to
WESTERN BUREAU: On the face of it, it was a case of ‘as you were’ after this week’s local government elections in western Jamaica as the major parties ended up with control over the same municipalities they held going into Monday – a 3-2 split in.
WESTERN BUREAU: VICE PRESIDENT of the People’s National Party (PNP), Ian Hayles, says the organisation’s sweeping victory of the parish at yesterday’s local government elections is an indication that time has come for a change of governance in the.