Grant provides new books for Agnes Little library
Jennifer Sweet, Agnes Little Elementary School librarian, has received a $5,000 grant from the Laura Bush foundation to purchase new books for the school library.
Sweet said she was in disbelief when she learned she received the grant. Normally she only has money she makes from the Scholastic Book Fair to buy books and supplies for the library, she said, and since the fair was canceled last fall, this grant will allow her to purchase a lot of new books.
“The average age of the books in our library is 20 years old,” she said. “I am looking to use this grant money to update our fiction and nonfiction sections so I can better accommodate the students and teachers with beneficial resources they need in addition to what they use in the classroom.”
13-year-old girl dies a day after being pulled from Androscoggin River
In a release Wednesday, Chief Deputy William Gagne of the Androscoggin County Chief Sheriff s Office identified the girl as Isha Ali of Lewiston.
Credit: Getty Images Published: 10:44 AM EDT June 9, 2021 Updated: 10:46 AM EDT June 9, 2021
GREENE, Maine A 13-year-old girl died Tuesday after she was pulled from the Androscoggin River in Greene on Monday.
In a release Wednesday, Androscoggin County Chief Sheriff s Deputy William Gagne identified the girl as Isha Ali of Lewiston. She died at approximately 6:50 pm. Tuesday.
According to Gagne, Ali was not wearing a life jacket and reportedly did not know how to swim.
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