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The Davis Maine Scholarship Program provides funding to first-generation college students from eastern Hancock and Washington counties at the University of New England and two schools in Massachusetts.
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation, based in Rockland, works with 20 partners, from two-year community colleges to private institutions across the state.
Liz Cotter Schlax will step down as president and CEO of United Way of Southern Maine in January 2025.
The grant will fund five hires and two studies — to guide interpretation and preservation and to establish a fundraising and revenue-raising.
The Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services, which is dedicated to advancing quality mental health and substance use treatment, has hired Adam Bloom-Paicopolos as executive director.
Held at different rented facilities each year for a decade, the permanent location will accommodate more sessions for its tuition-free summer bereavement camp, and more programs.
A local nonprofit agency serving adults with intellectual disabilities has agreed to purchase the 15,500-square-foot building for $525,000.
An expert panel discussion on Wednesday drew an audience of nearly 100, who learned about challenges and potential solutions related to older adult health in Maine.
The 54-unit building will be open to all people age 55 and over and will include support services for LGBTQ+ seniors, for whom affordable, centralized housing is a longstanding need .
When the Hiram library is closed, people use its Wi-Fi from the parking area. “We have more people coming into the community and they’re able to be here because of remote work,” said one board member.
The social media campaign aims to raise awareness about the dangers that occur when squirrels interfere with power lines, causing outages and potentially injuring or killing the animals.
Since May 2009, the entire company — from the U.S. to Canada to offices abroad — sets aside the second Thursday of May to serve local communities.
“One delivery I’ll never forget was a pizza to an ice fishing hut,” said the restaurant owner. The larger space will accommodate the pantry’s growing clientele and need for more cold storage.
Trinity Jubilee Center began as a soup kitchen, but now does much more and is "bursting at the seams," its director said. The nonprofit is seeing more elderly and disabled people who can't afford food or are losing their homes.
A week after the Travis Mills Foundation acquired the Derby Estates apartment complex, the new owner plans to evict the tenants. “We are still in shock right now," one tenant told Mainebiz. "This whole situation is kind of overwhelming for us."
The Portland conference, held for the first time since 2019, offered sessions on a range of topics and networking events for budding and wannabe entrepreneurs.