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On hand to accept a $15,000 award from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation are Rockport Public Library Director Ben Blackmon (left) and RLF Vice President John Viehman. (Photo by Keith Drago)
ROCKPORT The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation recently awarded a $15,000 grant to the Rockport Library Foundation (RLF) in support of the construction of Rockport’s new library.
In recognition of the grant, Bangor Savings Bank Foundation Chair Joyce Clark Sarnacki said, in a Bank news release, “We truly appreciated the opportunity to support the Rockport Public Library campaign. Libraries will always be an integral part of our communities and are an investment in our future, contributing to our quality of life by both capturing the past and positively impacting the present in countless ways.”
Bangor Savings Bank Foundation makes multiple Midcoast gifts: Rockport library, Recovery Coalition, Waldo Woodshed Mon, 12/14/2020 - 1:30pm
The Waldo County Woodshed is a volunteer-run nonprofit that works to provide free firewood for people in need in the Waldo County. The Woodshed was founded in 2015 and currently operates from eight distribution sites throughout the County. (Photo courtesy Bob MacGregor)
Supporting health and wellness, providing for basic needs, making sure families have enough to eat, and administering mental health are just some of the focal points of 14 Midcoast Maine nonprofits that are receiving a total of $100,000 in grants from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation through the Damariscotta Bank and Trust Foundation Special Project Fund.
Bangor Savings Bank Foundation makes multiple Midcoast gifts: Rockport library, Recovery Coalition, Waldo Woodshed Mon, 12/14/2020 - 1:30pm
The Waldo County Woodshed is a volunteer-run nonprofit that works to provide free firewood for people in need in the Waldo County. The Woodshed was founded in 2015 and currently operates from eight distribution sites throughout the County. (Photo courtesy Bob MacGregor)
Supporting health and wellness, providing for basic needs, making sure families have enough to eat, and administering mental health are just some of the focal points of 14 Midcoast Maine nonprofits that are receiving a total of $100,000 in grants from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation through the Damariscotta Bank and Trust Foundation Special Project Fund.
William Post, Rockport Town Manager Sun, 12/13/2020 - 5:00pm
The following is the bimonthly report from the Rockport Town Manager to the Rockport Select Board, which meets Dec. 14, for a regularly scheduled meeting.
I have worked with the Maine Municipal Association staff to develop two legislative bills that will be sponsored by Representative Vicki Doudera [D-Camden]. The first bill authorizes municipalities to adopt an ordinance extending an excise tax exemption to volunteer firefighters. The exemption would need to be on one vehicle that the volunteer firefighter uses to respond to calls. In addition, the bill would allow any local ordinance o enumerate addition eligibility criteria.