{"content":[{"text":"EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH","bbox":{"left":0.276634,"top":0.232637,"width":0.44663800000000003,"height":0.02351600000000001}},{"text":"The Board of Directors of the Castine Historical Society seeks an energetic leader \n and historian who can share our passion for Castine and its rich history—a leader \n who is ready to grow and promote the organization as we work together to build \n partnerships, engage the community, and preserve and share Castine’s unique and \n significant history.","bbox":{"left":0.082516,"top":0.273941,"width":0.822349,"height":0.08834400000000003}},{"text":"Background and Overview","bbox":{"left":0.082516,"top":0.380002,"width":0.289879,"height":0.017637000000000014}},{"text":"The Castine Historical Society (CHS) serves as a window into the town’s \n extraordinary past. Through exhibitions, art shows, lectures, house and garden \n tours, historic reenactments, and guided walking tours, the Historical Society \n reveals the historic treasures still present throughout Castine. It also draws upon its \n archives of thousands of items ranging from diaries and photographs to paintings \n and cannonballs to bring to life the history of its community, New England, and the \n United States.","bbox":{"left":0.082516,"top":0.415355,"width":0.823745,"height":0.12369800000000003}},{"text":"Located in two historic buildings on Castine, Maine’s Town Common, the Castine \n Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging \n residents and visitors of all ages in the exploration of Castine’s diverse historical \n resources. The Abbott School building, used by the Eastern State Normal School \n from 1867 to 1873 and the Castine High School until 1961, now houses permanent \n and seasonal exhibits and a community meeting space. In 2008, CHS purchased and \n carefully restored the Grindle House, a mid-19th century, three-story home of the \n Greek Revival style which now serves as the research center and archival storage \n for the Society’s historical collections.","bbox":{"left":0.082516,"top":0.556769,"width":0.8336429999999999,"height":0.15905100000000005}},{"text":"Governed by an active volunteer board of 15 members, and guided by a strategic \n plan that was completed in 2016, CHS is ready to welcome its first Executive \n Director. CHS has an endowment currently valued at $5.4 million, a 2017 budget of \n approximately $270,000, and employs a full-time curator and a part-time \n administrative assistant to support the engagement of an active corps of volunteer \n docents, guides, and event volunteers. Additional information about CHS is available \n at: www.castinehistoricalsociety.org","bbox":{"left":0.082516,"top":0.733537,"width":0.8329259999999999,"height":0.12369799999999997}},{"text":"Located at the head of Penobscot Bay and near the Blue Hill Peninsula, Castine is \n arguably one of the most beautiful New England villages on the Maine coast. Home \n to Maine Maritime Academy, Castine sits on a deep water harbor that leads to some","bbox":{"left":0.082516,"top":0.874951,"width":0.827946,"height":0.05299100000000001}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.905392,"top":0.937451,"width":0.012475000000000014,"height":0.017637000000000014}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.295098,"top":0.06351,"width":0.409967,"height":0.127778}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.295098,"top":0.06351,"width":0.409967,"height":0.127778}]}