Families First Awarded more than $200,000 January 23, 2020 by Kate Cough on EllsworthAmerican.com ELLSWORTH — A six-family apartment building that will offer transitional housing, childcare and classes on cooking and parenting to families experiencing homelessness was recently awarded two substantial grants. Families First Community Center received $175,000 from the Sunshine Lady Foundation, founded by Doris
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January 22, 2020
Sunshine Lady Foundation scholar Brandon Brown to earn his graduate degree while incarcerated
First Maine inmate to enroll in graduate school conducts groundbreaking research in prison by Jordan Bailey, Jan 22, 2020 in The Portland Phoenix In 2008, 21-year-old Brandon Brown shot a man in Portland’s Old Port. He was eventually convicted of attempted murder and elevated aggravated assault, and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Now Brown is
September 16, 2019
Mary Ellen Box
The Sunshine Lady Foundation Board of Directors is grieved to announce the death of our dear dear friend and colleague Mary Ellen Box who passed away on September 16, 2019, at her home in Newport NC.
June 26, 2019
New medical complex to improve health care access
ROCKPORT — The first ceremonial shovels of dirt were turned over Wednesday, June 26, for the new Pen Bay Medical Center physician building that hospital officials said would greatly expand health care access. The two-story building will create 41,513-square-feet of office space to consolidate physicians’ offices now located along Route 1, as well as providing room
May 14, 2019
Germanna Community College holds spring commencement
May 14, 2019 By ADELE UPHAUS–CONNER THE FREE LANCE–STAR – Graduates of all ages crossed the stage at Germanna Community College’s spring commencement ceremony, held Tuesday at the University of Mary Washington’s Anderson Center—but Lucas Mosiniak, 18, was among the youngest. After collecting his associate’s degree this week, he’ll graduate from Spotsylvania High School
Twenty inmates graduate college at Maine State Prison
Jan. 15, 2019 by WGME WARREN (WGME) — Twenty inmates at the Maine State Prison graduated from college Tuesday, complete with cap and gown. It was a celebration filled with pomp and circumstance, and in the middle of it all was Leo Hylton.
October 30, 2018
Spectrum Youth & Family Services reopens youth shelter
News Release Oct. 30, 2018 — Spectrum Youth & Family Services SPECTRUM REOPENS YOUTH WARMING SHELTER Buffett Family Donates Funds BURLINGTON, VT (Oct 30, 2018) – This Thursday marks the re-opening of Spectrum’s youth warming shelter, a 10-bed, temporary shelter for youth ages 18-24 during the winter months. The shelter will again operate in the parish
October 20, 2018
Former Inmate Says Prisons Need Reform
Oct. 20, 2018 By Christopher Williams, Sun Journal Staff Writer LEWISTON — Maine’s prisons are less equipped in preparing inmates for re-entry to the outside world than they were two decades ago, an expert in prison reform says. “The philosophy in punishment has changed,” said Joseph Jackson of Lisbon Falls, who heads up the Maine Prisoner
October 18, 2018
New Caring Place Facility Moving Forward
Oct. 18, 2018 By: Amy Lavalley – Post-Tribune – Local officials gathered on Valparaiso’s north side Monday to celebrate what they noted was a very special occasion. After a capital campaign of about 18 months, The Caring Place, Porter County’s only shelter for victims of domestic violence, raised enough money to move forward with a
October 16, 2018
Clemson creates Center for Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Educators
October 16, 2018 Michael Staton, College of Education CLEMSON — Clemson’s College of Education has been awarded funds to create the Center for the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Educators, which will research, design and implement the best strategies for minority teacher recruitment and retention. The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education recently approved plans