Published: 6/10/2021 11:04:11 AM
Hancock’s Bill and Eileen Elliott have devoted much of the last 40 years to cultivating a spectacular home garden. This past year, it inspired two local artists to create throughout the pandemic, and an upcoming library fundraiser features both the garden and the artwork it inspired.
“Bloom with a View” is a garden tour and art exhibit featuring the Elliott’s Mayplace Gardens, and the artwork they inspired. Local artists Kim Cunningham and Evelien Bachrach spent lots of time over the past year sketching in the gardens, and they and the Elliotts, who are frequent library patrons, came up with the idea for the event after a fruitful year of creative collaborations, Hancock Town Library Director Amy Markus said.
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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