LEWISTON — Justin Fortier, a graduate of Lewiston High School, was awarded the Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship. He will attend the University of New Hampshire in the fall.

Fortier was one of 155 new recipients who received an award this year and was recognized for academic achievement as well as notable community, school and work activities. The Phillips Scholarship annually awards approximately 500 new and renewed grants totaling close to $3 million and was established in 1991 by Bessie Wright Phillips of Salem, Mass., in memory of her husband. More information can be found at www.phillips-scholarship.org.