Randy and Lisa Jones of Augusta bought the former Railroad Square Cinema complex, which they have renamed The Playhouse at Waterville Station. Their long-term goal is to make it a center for the arts and artisans.
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New Hope Midcoast board president receives award and $2,000 grant for nonprofit
Camden National Bank recently announced that Vera Rand Roberts of New Hope Midcoast has been awarded a Spotlight Award and a $2,000 grant as part of the 2023 Leaders & Luminaries Awards. Roberts, New Hope Midcoast’s board president, was nominated by her peers for her strong leadership and advocacy skills as well as her flexibility […]
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Nonprofit to feed Midcoast families with homemade lasagna
A nonprofit started by a New England mom in 2020, Lasagna Love, has fed over 1.5 million individuals across the nation and is now coming to the Midcoast.
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Maine Voices: Joining Zero Foodprint has changed my life as a small-business owner
Their model is to pay farmers to practice regenerative agriculture to sequester carbon, which is good for the soil and for the climate.
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After 20 years, SeedMoney is still growing strong
The Scarborough nonprofit, which has evolved over 2 decades, raises money to offset costs for community gardens around the world.
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Bill Nemitz: We need to act now to save journalism in Maine
A new nonprofit aims to raise enough money to buy the Press Herald and Reade Brower’s other newspapers.
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NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled ‘state-affiliated media’
The privately owned nonprofit says it receives less than 1% of its annual budget from the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. PBS and the BBC were given the same label.
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Applications open for Brunswick nonprofit’s Tastemakers Initiative
To support and expand Maine’s food production capabilities, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. is offering its Tastemakers Initiative for a fifth time. Applications are open to Maine-based companies that produce food and beverages for human consumption and source from Maine agriculture, aquaculture or fisheries. The Tastemakers Initiative, sponsored by FocusMaine, helps established food and beverage companies in […]
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The Maine Millennial: On proving things to myself in 2022
And setting some goals for 2023.
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Nonprofit marks 10 years of making a house a home
Furniture Friends, a group that gives donated furniture to people who can’t afford it, recently hit an important milestone: 10,000 individuals served.