AUGUSTA — Glenn Cummings, executive director at Good Will-Hinckley, says the Baltimore Ravens’ missed field goal Sunday wasn’t the only miracle this week in New England.

Cummings and Maine Community College System President John Fitzsimmons signed 34 documents this morning to solidify the transfer ownership of 600 acres of the Good Will-Hinckley campus to the Maine Community College System to expand Kennebec Valley Community College.

The deal, which has been in the works for about two years, was made possible by the Harold Alfond Foundation’s $10.85 million gift to the Maine Community College System, which will use $4.5 million of the gift to purchase the 600 acres, including 13 buildings, of Hinckley’s 2,450-acre campus along U.S. Route 201 in Fairfield.

The Foundation for Maine’s Community Colleges contributed $2.5 million and Maine Community College System $2 million in the transaction, which totaled $15.35 million.

The college system will spend $9.8 million on upgrades and construction on the Kennebec Valley campus, which will allow the college to increase enrollment by 2,000 students to nearly 5,000, Fitzsimmons said.

In addition to the money Good Will-Hinckley will receive from the land sale, it will get $1 million from the Harold Alfond Foundation when the Hinckley-based Maine Academy of Natural Sciences obtains charter school certification.

Beth Staples — 861-9252
bstaples@centralmaine.com