Grants of up to $2,500 are available through the Maine Community Foundation to help communities be more supportive of older people’s health, well-being, and ability to age in the community. The grants will support community planning and development and implementation of programs that increase opportunities for people older than 60 to stay in their communities […]
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Commentary: Proposed Maine local option tax would be a losing proposition
Border-county businesses would forfeit sales, and taxpayers in most of the state’s municipalities would see little benefit.
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MaineCF’s Community Broadband Program awards $100,000 in grants
The Maine Community Foundation’s Community Broadband Grant Program has awarded $100,364 in grants to nine communities across Maine. The program aims to increase the number of Maine people, communities, and businesses with access to high-speed internet service and improve skills, knowledge, and opportunity to effectively use the technology, according to a news release from the […]
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2020 3-D Printing Design Challenge and Expo planned in Fairfield
The Perloff Family Foundation and the Maine Space Grant Consortium will sponsor the 2020 Maine 3-D Printing Design Challenge and Expo on Saturday, March 7, at the Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, according to a news release from the Maine Community Foundation. The 3-D printing design challenge is open to teams from Maine K-12 […]
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Game wardens rescue Hancock County hikers
Two Ellsworth women got lost after dark Saturday on Great Pond Mountain in Orland.
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Lobstermen at Ellsworth whale meeting ask state to resist federal pressure
But Patrick Keliher, the commissioner of Maine’s Department of Marine Resources, says Maine’s proposal shows that the state is managing the fishery and protecting endangered right whales.
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Maine Community Foundation to host entrepreneurship summit Nov. 13
Entrepreneurs and innovators will take center stage at the Maine Community Foundation’s annual Invest in Maine Summit from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., in Bangor. “Maine is an incredibly entrepreneurial and innovative place,” said MaineCF President and CEO Steve Rowe, according to a news release […]
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Maine woman becomes first person to logroll across the Mississippi
It took Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth about 30 minutes to make the 500-yard crossing.
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Fund for Maine Land Conservation welcomes grant applications
The Fund for Maine Land Conservation, a component fund of the Maine Community Foundation, is accepting grant applications to support projects that encourage preservation of Maine’s land. The fund has four objectives: help preserve traditional uses of land and working landscapes; provide for continued public access and recreational use; protect sensitive ecological areas; and promote […]
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Three renewable Laurendeau Scholarships awarded
Maine Community Foundation’s Androscoggin County Committee recognized Grace Despres, Britney Nadeau, Elizabeth Parker.