Recent acquisition of 3,000 acres in the Sebago watershed by The Conservation Fund provides time to raise funds to purchase and manage land that will support clean drinking water, and the livelihood and lifestyle of local communities. Oxford County, ME – June 16, 2020. Sebago Clean Waters (SCW) made great strides toward meeting its goal of conserving 35,000 acres of Sebago-area forestland on June 15th when The Conservation Fund, a national environmental non-profit with a field office in Freeport, announced its purchase of 15,408 acres from Chadbourne Tree Farms in Western Maine.
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PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH--The Maine Community Foundation has elected Mark Howard of Boothbay and New York City to the Board of Directors.
June 4, 2020–Today, the Maine Women’s Fund announced emergency funding totaling over $53,000 raised through its rapid response Safety First for Women Fund. The Maine Women’s Fund rapidly created this specialized fund to meet the urgent needs of women and girls across the state. Funders and advocates quickly responded and within six weeks, gifts totaling $40,000 were received from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, and the PRBB Foundation and over $13,000 from 59 different individuals.
Twenty players listed in step one of the rights protection process PORTLAND, ME – June 2, 2020 – The Maine Mariners released their 2020 Protected List on Tuesday, containing 20 names of players of whom the Mariners retain ECHL rights. The Protected List is the first phase in a three step process of protecting players’ rights, followed by submitting a season ending roster and finally, issuing qualifying offers. The Protected List is as follows:
PORTLAND, Maine — May 20, 2020 — GCMD, a web design, branding and marketing agency, announced today that it will offer Portland area locally-owned restaurants marketing consultation services at no cost through June 30, 2020. Consultations will be limited to 30 minutes per restaurant and up to eight consults will be scheduled per week.
May 18, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - Ben Martens, executive director of the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association, will participate as a panelist today speaking before the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Maine Community Foundation awards $110,000 in grants to support animal welfare organizations5/8/2020 PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH—Maine organizations that support animal welfare have been awarded $110,000 in grants as part of the Maine Community Foundation’s COVID-19 crisis response.
This project will bring natural gas access to Farmingdale and create jobs at a time of economic downturn FARMINGDALE, ME – Summit Natural Gas of Maine (Summit) is breaking ground on a $3 million expansion project to Farmingdale this spring. The project will bring reliable and clean-burning natural gas to residential and commercial customers in the community, allowing many of them to convert from oil to cleaner burning natural gas.
PORTLAND – The Peaks Island Fund at the Maine Community Foundation seeks applications from nonprofits that assist the island community. The fund awarded $42,472 in grants to nine nonprofits in 2019.
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