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AHA! in New Bedford was awarded a $5,000 A Community Thrives grant from Gannett

GREENLAND — The Friends of the Weeks Public Library in Greenland received a fundraising boost this week with a $5,000 “A Community Thrives” grant from the Gannett Foundation. Gannett is the parent company of Seacoast Media Group, publishers of the Portsmouth Herald, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Seacoastonline and weekly papers in Maine and New Hampshire. In 2018, voters in Greenland approved $3.6 million to upgrade the 122-year-old Weeks Library building, which was state of the art when it opened in 1898 but had grown so cramped that Friends secretary Stuart Bauder joked, “You had to go...

Children's boutique la la ling based in los angeles never thought she would run for council. >> it's made up of 19 board members, and last may there was a seat open for the business representative, and they were really urging people to step up and run for this position. >> although she's noenl her 20s and has the day-to-day operations of making her thriving business run, she had the opportunity to run for the position and become an advocate for small businesses in her community. >> i was kind of inspired by me realizing i could have a larger impact if i thought outside of these four walls and ...

Based in a neighborhood in los angeles never imagined she would become active in local government. >> the neighborhood council is made up of 19 board members and last may there was a seat open for the business representative. they were really urging people to step up and run for this position. >> although she's only in her 20s and has the day-to-day operations of her thriving small business to run, she jumped at the opportunity to run for the open position and become an advocate for small businesses in her community. >> i was inspired by me realize thag i could have a larger impact if i though...

We believe that bringing immigrants and refugees to this country is an american tradition, it's what our country was founded on. it's something that our organization was founded on. refugees help to revitalize -- economically revitalize communities. most of the major cities in america that have thrived have done some because of immigrants and refugees. refugees and immigrants bring cultural diversity to communities. they bring wonderful traditions, they bring language, they bring food, they really help our community thrive. >> and you've seen them also importantly embrace the person ideals. >>...