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Wed, 05/19/2021 - 12:45pm Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark, Newcastle. (Photo courtesy Frances Perkins Center) NEWCASTLE — The Frances Perkins Center has received a conservation grant from The 1772 Foundation in partnership with Maine Preservation for the France Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark. This $6,500 matching grant will assist with roof repairs and preservation of the Homestead, which is scheduled to open to the public in 2022. “The news of ...

Immigration, refugee policy focus of April 25 forum Share NEWCASTLE — The Frances Perkins Center will present its seventh annual public policy forum — “Conscience and Courage: Frances Perkins and Dr. Feng Shan Ho,” which focuses on immigration and refugee policy — at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25. The forum will cover how Perkins and Shan Ho used their positions of public office and ingenious strategies,despite strong national government opposition, to provide tens of thousands of Jews a me...

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes Tax Breaks for 28,000 Businesses and 160,000 Unemployed Workers by Andy O’Brien (Photo: Dan Kirchoff) Andy O’Brien is communications director at Maine AFL-CIO. He is a former managing editor of The Free Press and a former state legislator. His Eye on Augusta column appears every other week in The Free Press. Last Thursday, the Maine Legislature passed a supplemental budget package that will provide a full state tax ex...

PM shrugs off WA Liberal wipeout Save Share Scott Morrison says Mark McGowan’s crushing win in Saturday’s West Australian election was a resounding endorsement of leadership during the COVID-19 crisis, indicating his government will be similarly rewarded if it does not mess up the response from here. Landslide victory: WA Premier Mark McGowan and his wife Sarah meet the public in Rockingham on Sunday.   Getty “Probably like at no other time I have seen, there is a real distinc...

WMNF loading... Florida man uses COVID stimulus to build garden, spread message of food independence Share this: An East Tampa man is gaining notoriety after he used his COVID-19 stimulus check to start a garden at his home. He’s trying to share his produce with the neighborhood and teach others about food independence. LISTEN: It’s second-to-last house on Michael Chaney’s block, just next to a set of railroad tracks that bisect the neighborhood. And now the garden has an official name. �...

If you like Social Security and the minimum wage, be grateful to Frances Perkins Author: Rob Caldwell Updated: 4:38 PM EST December 22, 2020 NEWCASTLE, Maine — As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, a professor at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts gave his all-female class an unusual assignment. These young women, many of whom had grown up with wealth and privilege, were instructed to visit a nearby factory to see how the other half lived. Wh...

Save Share Rio Tinto has promoted its chief financial officer Jakob Stausholm to be its next chief executive, resisting pressure to appoint an Australian citizen as part of efforts to boost its engagement with the nation that provides the majority of its earnings. Danish executive Jakob Stausholm will be the next chief executive of Rio Tinto.  Supplied A Danish citizen who stands almost two metres tall, Mr Stausholm said regaining the trust of traditional owners in Australia’s iron ore heart...