BRUNSWICK - The Child Care Business Lab, a group-based program for people who want to start child care businesses is accepting new registrations. Operated by Brunswick-based Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), the Child Care Business Lab includes small business start-up education integrated with child care management tactics. Those enrolled write a business plan, create a 3-year
WATERVILLE The Friends of Quarry Road recently received $712,500 in federal funding for improvements at Waterville’s largest public park, Quarry Road Trails. Funding is part of $2.85 million awarded in a partnership between the Northern Border Regional Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development for 11 economic development projects in Maine, New Hampshire, […]
DEXTER Mission accomplished! Two hundred and 75 insulating interior window inserts are now snugly fitted into the Masonic Hall in Dexter, a daycare in Greenville, and 41 private homes and apartments in 17 communities throughout the highlands region. These energy-saving, clear plastic panels were offered by the all-volunteer Maine Highlands Community Build group of the non-profit Window Dressers, and were built by 70 local volunteers including students from the Tri-County Technical Center who constructed the frames at the TCTC workshop during September and transported the completed frames to the Town Hall in Dexter.
WATERVILLE Educare Central Maine’s Lab School & Learning Hub and Children’s Discovery Museum have completed their series of collaborative prototyping sessions. The joint initiative aimed to maximize learning opportunities for local children and empower families by connecting them with innovative museum exhibits. The prototyping sessions were funded by the Bill and Joan Alfond Foundation, […]