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Central Maine business briefs: OTIS Federal Credit Union raises $10,850 to help end hunger


Central Maine business briefs: OTIS Federal Credit Union raises $10,850 to help end hunger
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JAY OTIS Federal Credit Union raised a total of $10,850.40 for the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger over the course of 2020. After receiving an additional contribution of $487.77 from the Maine Credit Union League, the Credit Union will have $11,335.65 at its disposal to distribute to community hunger organizations, according to a news release from the nonprofit financial institution.
One hundred percent of the funds raised by OTIS FCU for Ending Hunger stay local.
Fundraising totals were recently announced at the Ending Hunger Celebration Luncheon, which was held virtually this year. Representing OTIS FCU at the luncheon were its Ending Hunger Committee co-chairwoman and chairman, Darice Dubreuil, vice president; and Ryan Souther, digital branch and facilities manager. Of th ....

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The faithful Wiscasset servants


Mon, 02/15/2021 - 10:00am
February being Black History Month brings to mind the story of Pendy Gustus and Kezia Shiney, two Black women who over 200 years ago called Wiscasset home.
The women were servants to Moses and Abigail Carlton, two leading citizens of Wiscasset village, then a part of Pownalborough and a prospering seaport. Moses Carlton was a wealthy ship owner and for a time the richest man in town, living in a fine mansion overlooking Wiscasset village.
During one of his business trips to Boston, Moses Carlton found Pendy residing in the city’s almshouse. How Kezia found her way into the Carlton family is uncertain, although it’s possible she too may have once lived in a similar circumstance. An almshouse was where poor people went when they had no other place to go. Research compiled by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts reveals Boston’s Overseers of the Poor recorded 1,926 admissions to its almshouse from September 1795 to early 1801. ....

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