UNE recognizes achievements of four Maine women with Deborah Morton Awards
The University of New England is pleased to announce the four newest members of the Deborah Morton Society. The award recognizes Maine women distinguished by their careers and public service, or whose leadership in civic, cultural, or social causes has been exceptional.
The 2020-2021 awardees are Linda Cross Godfrey, president of Atlantic Leadership Center; Nancy Grant, advancement officer of Portland Trails; Susan Hammond, executive director of Four Directions Development Corporation; and Janet Mills, governor of Maine.
The award celebrates the memory of UNE’s own distinguished Deborah Morton of Round Pond, Maine, valedictorian of the Class of 1879 of Westbrook Seminary, the forerunner of Westbrook College, which merged with the University of New England in 1996. After graduating, Morton served as a longtime faculty member at the seminary as a teacher, lecturer, reformer, and advocate for equal rights o
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Eight candidates vie for 3 Kennebunk Select Board seats
Growth, budgeting, and keeping the town s character seen as issues in race for the three-year terms.
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KENNEBUNK – Eight candidates, including two incumbents, are running to fill three, three-year terms on the select board in the June 8 election. Absentee voting is available.
Candidates are incumbent Wayne Berry, John Costin, Anthony Michaud, Kortney Nedeau, Gwen Page, Lisa Joy Pratt, Kyle Roberts and incumbent Shiloh Schulte.
• Berry was raised locally, began his education in a two-room schoolhouse in Lower Village, graduated from KHS and went on to Maine colleges. Married, he is a semi-retired builder, and has served on committees including the Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Assessment Review, Budget Board, the Tax Study Committee, as a selectman and was a founding member of the Lower Village Committee.