Naemanson,
I work with a woman from Van Buren and your line about the accent made me laugh out loud. :-) Sounds just like her and she's been in the Portland area over 30 years.

My sister worked for a time at Northern Maine Medical Center (my eldest nephew was born there but we don't hold it against him). The phrase that has stuck with me for over 25 years is " T'row me down the stairs my purse, eh?"