Gov. Janet Mills and other dignitaries attend a ceremony for the opening of a 35-unit apartment complex Tuesday.
Community Concepts
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Community Concepts hosts virtual ‘touch a truck’ tours
PARIS — In a quasi-return to tradition, Community Concepts is once again holding Touch a Truck, an annual community engagement project. It will be a virtual event, starting on Monday. Each day at noon, for a week, Community Concepts will host brief videos that explore different types of service and sports vehicles inside and out. […]
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Posted inConnections
Community Concepts’ Self-Help Homeownership finishes Bridgton home
Working together with other families, Renee Rogers was able to learn valuable construction skills and build her own home.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Advocates for Children joins Community Concepts
LEWISTON — Community Concepts is taking over Advocates for Children. Leaders for both nonprofits say Advocates for Children’s programs and location will stay the same. Employees will remain and the agency’s name will stay the same. But the takeover means Advocates for Children can spend less money on overhead, including an executive director, and it […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, sj-web, The Bethel Citizen
Kids' Korner recipient of Community Concepts diaper drive
WEST PARIS — Kids’ Korner at the First Universalist Church of West Paris is a recipient of the first Community Concepts diaper drive that collected more than 17,000 diapers as of Sept. 29. Kids’ Korner collects and distributes, free of charge, new and gently used clothing for infants and toddlers. It is open the first and […]
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Community Concepts lands grant from TD Bank
LEWISTON — The TD Charitable Foundation, the giving arm of TD Bank, has awarded Community Concepts a $20,000 grant to expand its efforts to learn what Lewiston residents want to see in an ideal future Tree Streets area. Community Concepts is hoping to engage people who otherwise would not get involved in such a planning […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Sherry Keaten
SOUTH PARIS — Sherry (Stevens) Keaten, 62, passed away peacefully at home Friday, Sept. 7, after a long illness. She was born in Farmington on Dec. 11, 1955, the daughter of Frank M. And Audrey (Huff) Stevens. Sherry was raised in Strong and graduated from Mt. Abram High School, Class of 1974. She went on to […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web, The Buzz
The Buzz: Ben's Burritos customers buy more than 300 burritos for strangers
The Buzz this week is full of optimism and burritos. When they opened 18 months ago on Lisbon Street, Ben’s Burritos founders Tricia Tomlinson and Ben Scott created a “Pay It Forward” wall where customers could anonymously buy other people burritos. Someone walking through the door who could not afford a meal could snag one of […]
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Community Concepts seeks volunteer drivers for western Maine
LEWISTON — The Community Concepts Transportation Program is in need of volunteer drivers to help those with no other means of transportation get to essential medical appointments and other destinations. Drivers are needed throughout Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. Drivers need to have their own vehicles and liability insurance, and they should have clean driving […]
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Burnham honored upon retirement
Community Concepts board member Melissa Burnham of Dixfield, center, accepts a certificate of achievement from Community Concepts CEO Shawn Yardley, left, and board chairwoman Mary Delano, right. Burnham was presented the certificate after reaching the nine-year term limit for service to the nonprofit organization. Burnham served the role of guiding the organization toward its mission […]