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Federal funds available to help underserved entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce recently launched the Capital Readiness Program grant competition, which dedicates $93.5 million to help minority and other underserved entrepreneurs launch and scale their businesses. This program, administered by the Minority Business Development Agency, marks the largest program of its kind in the history of the Commerce Department. The […]
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Phillips teen earns Eagle Scout award
Carter Butterfield of Phillips received Scouting’s highest honor, the Eagle Scout award, during a ceremony Dec. 27 at the Strong Methodist Church Parish House. He is the third Butterfield to earn the Eagle Scout rank. His brothers Benjamin earned it in 2018 and Jacob in 2020. “Scouting has helped our family be more involved in […]
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Bureau seeks online applications for visiting artist program
The Bureau of Parks and Lands Allagash Wilderness Waterway is continuing its Visiting Artist Program. The program’s goal is to immerse a visual artist in the AWW wilderness to interpret and share their experience through their art. The selected artist will receive: • Rustic cabin lodging on the Waterway for two weeks during August; • […]
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Farmington hospital to offer new access to care program
FARMINGTON — CarePartners Plus, a new access-to-care program at Franklin Memorial Hospital, offers health insurance with a CoverME.gov Marketplace provider (Community Health Options or Harvard Pilgrim) and MaineHealth Free Care working together to provide free or low-cost health care and prescriptions. Patients get to choose a Silver-level Marketplace plan that works best for them, plus […]
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Jay VFW places wreaths on local veterans’ grave
Members of Jay Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335 placed wreaths Dec. 17 on a veteran’s grave at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Livermore Falls. Jim Manter, post judge advocate, said in a news release, “We felt that even with the heavy snow conditions, we had to go through with the ceremonial portion of the […]
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Pine Tree Society to offer program for deaf, hard of hearing
ROME — In February, Maine deaf and hard of hearing youth can attend a long weekend at Pine Tree Camp. This program, the Dirigo Experience, is scheduled for Friday through Monday, Feb. 17-20 at 14 Pine Tree Camp Road. Through outdoor experiences and team building with peers, participants will have the chance to make new […]
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Finding Our Voices receives $8K grant for campaign
Finding Our Voices has received an $8,000 grant from Camden National Bank for its Youth Healthy-Relationship campaign, bringing the bank’s total funding of the grassroots, survivor-powered nonprofit in the three years of its existence to $38,000. This grant aims to expand the group’s groundbreaking work educating young people across Maine on what is healthy and […]
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Sugarloaf Climb for a Cure to kick off charity summit Dec. 29
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — This year’s 23rd annual Sugarloaf Charity Summit is scheduled to kick off with Climb for a Cure, a moonlit climb, on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 5092 Sugarloaf Access Road. For a suggested donation of $20, $5 for those 12 and younger, participants snowshoe or skin up one mile to Bullwinkle’s restaurant before […]
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Vermont-based center offering milk storage, handling grant
This grant opportunity closes Thursday, Feb. 9.