Readers recall that one special present under the tree they’ll never forget. Merry Christmas. Have an orange. It may be hard to believe now, but we’re told there was a time when a child could be completely satisfied on Christmas morning with a simple piece of fruit stuffed into the toe of a stocking. If […]
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USM receives gift of 450,000 maps valued at $100 million
The University of Southern Maine has received what it describes as the largest gift in its history — mostly in the form of maps. Loosely valued at $100 million, Harold Osher of Portland is giving 450,000 maps to the Osher Map Library at USM, including a 1475 map of the Holy Land and the first […]
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Record $10M gift will fund new building for UMaine’s growing engineering program
An anonymous donor has given $10 million to the University of Maine in Orono for a new engineering building, the largest gift ever by a living donor, university officials said Monday. The gift is from the family of a graduate of the engineering program at UMaine who has asked not to be identified at this […]
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Chandler Brothers gift 2,500 acres to Maine Woodland Owners
NEW GLOUCESTER — Chandler Brothers, a family-owned land management company whose New Gloucester roots herald back to the mid-1700s, made a difficult but necessary gift of 2,500 acres to Maine Woodland Owners. “We knew we had to do something so the land wouldn’t be developed. That’s why we’re giving it away,” said spokesman Steve Chandler, […]
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Bates College gets $50 million gift
UPDATED 12:08 PM LEWISTON — The Bonney family, which last year gave Bates College $10 million, has given the private liberal arts school an even bigger gift: $50 million. The money, which is the largest donation in the college’s history and one of the largest for any school in Maine, comes as part of a […]
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Bates alum gives $10 million to promote better medicine
LEWISTON — Michael Bonney, a former CEO of a pharmaceutical company that developed a powerhouse drug, and his wife, Alison Grott Bonney, have given Bates the largest single gift in the college’s history: $10 million, college President Clayton Spencer announced Monday. The gift was part of $19 million donated to the college’s endowment from several […]
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Bates College receives $19 million in gifts, launches new digital major
LEWISTON — Bates College announced Monday that it will use $19 million in donations — including $10 million from one family, the largest single gift in the college’s history — to fund six new professors and launch a new major. The gifts come from seven families in all. “This is a huge moment for Bates, […]
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Reporter’s notebook: Christmas cheer
Making someone’s day I think I made Sally Belisle’s day last week. Belisle is a retired teacher. She used to be “Mrs. McDonald,” teaching fourth-graders at the Lake Street Elementary School in Auburn. One of her students was Susan Ross. On Dec. 16, the Sun Journal published a story about a book Ross wrote, “Kiki […]
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Corporate conferences point out loopholes in state ethics laws
AUGUSTA — The recent two-day conference that corporate giant Time Warner Cable put on for Maine legislators has revealed loopholes in the state’s ethics laws that make it difficult for voters to know whether their elected representatives took part. On Jan. 22-23, Time Warner, the leading cable telecommunications provider in the state, invited a select […]
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UMaine-Augusta gets $1M from anonymous donor
AUGUSTA (AP) — An anonymous donor has given more than $1 million to the University of Maine at Augusta’s capital campaign. Interim President Glenn Cummings said Thursday that the donor understands the vital role the university serves in the lives of working Maine residents. A university spokeswoman says the donor lives in Maine but is […]