Post by Scattering CJ. Frattini, a former U.S. Marine, New York building contractor and TV personality, immediately texted his teenage son at school to say, “I love you.” They’d had their own terrible argument that morning — among the worst Frattini could remember — and he vowed never again to let anger come between him and […]
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Special town meeting on Wells Fargo donation scheduled for July 24
RUMFORD — Voters will decide whether to allow the town of Rumford to accept the donation of a building at 127 Washington Street and the cash to demolish it at a special town meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. During a June 5 selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager John […]
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Vendors, donations for fireworks show sought for MollyOckett Days in Bethel
BETHEL — Vendors and donors for fireworks are being sought for MollyOckett Days Festival, Bethel’s largest and most traditional summer celebration and homecoming in mid-July. The event is named for a Pequawket Indian who befriended the early settlers of western Maine and lived among them. The festival is organized by the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce. Robin […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Gingerbread House gets $20,000 grant
NORWAY — A $20,000 grant from the Davis Family Foundation will help Friends of the Gingerbread House replace the roof on the historic Main Street building. The announcement of the grant was made this week by Friends of the Gingerbread House. “The current grant is an outright grant and will go towards several Phase II […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Sale of obsolete ships leads to $1 million donation to Maine Maritime Academy
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy was one of seven maritime academies in the country to each receive a $1 million donation from a government program that recycles obsolete vessels, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The money came from the sale of vessels from the Maritime Administration’s National Defense Reserve Fleet, a fleet of 120 […]
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Cutler refuses political action committee money for campaign
AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler announced Monday that he will not accept campaign donations from any political action committees for the 2014 election, a move that his campaign said will put him in office with no strings attached but which a spokeswoman for Democrat Mike Michaud said would have little effect on […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
$10K gift allows St. Dom’s to buy iPads
AUBURN — A surprise donation a few days before Christmas is allowing Saint Dominic Academy to buy iPad mini tablet computers for students in elementary classes, Principal Donald Fournier said Thursday. On Dec. 20, a husband and wife came to see Fournier, expressing their wish to give the school $10,000 to be used for a specific […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Woman sought in theft of donation container
FARMINGTON — Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman involved in a theft from a local store. A donation container with an unknown amount of money for the Franklin County Animal Shelter in Farmington was taken Tuesday, according to a news release. Anyone with information is asked to contact officer Mike […]
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Overheard cancer diagnosis prompts Bangor couple’s $1M donation to EMMC project
BANGOR — Leonard Minsky of Bangor was an overnight patient at Eastern Maine Medical Center about a year ago when a doctor entered his room with news of a crushing diagnosis. The doctor wasn’t there to speak to Minsky, however, but to his roommate on the other side of a thin screen. In the semiprivate […]