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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 JA N UA R Y 1 0 , 2 0 2 2 $6 million of that to upgrade Portland's East End Wastewater Treatment Facility. Matching gifts help Good Shepherd raise $2M Good Shepherd Food Bank picked up $2 million for its anti-hunger campaign after an anonymous donor's $1 million matching challenge. e matching gift was largely achieved via donors in Boothbay Harbor, the Auburn nonprofit said.e $2 million brings the Auburn-based organization closer to its goal of raising $250 million in its Campaign to End Hunger, announced in January 2021. Good Shepherd said it has raised nearly $170 million in food and funds to date as the need for food soars during the pandemic. N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N Children's Center, an early childhood intervention and family support servic- es organization in Augusta for children with special needs, said it received a total of $350,000 in donations bring it within $400,000 of reaching its capital campaign goal of $5 million. The funding will be used to expand the center's primary location. The Biddeford and Mechanics Savings Foundation in Auburn donated a total of $49,000 to 12 organizations within its local communities to address food insecurity. Norway Savings Bank awarded a $15,000 grant, payable over three years, to Western Foothills Land Trust to help purchase a Pisten Bully snow groomer, which will be used at the Roberts Farm Preserve in Norway to turn hard-packed, icy snow into skiable terrain. The bank also announced that it awarded a total of $1.1 million to more than 350 nonprofits in 2021. Gov. Janet Mills announced that Northeast Delta Dental awarded a $100,000 grant to the Maine Veterans' Dental Network. The grant will allow the network to resume its dental services for Maine veterans who otherwise cannot afford them. Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta se- lected the Children's Center and Viles C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N C R E D I T S & D E B I T S With financing in hand, GO Lab can start construction at former Madison mill — A new, sustain- able operation for a former paper mill Tyler Technologies will expand in Maine with buy of generations-old Orono hotel — Tyler continues to grow in Maine More evidence that Maine has become a move-in destination — The good news Maine needs more residents and your house is worth more (but see below) United Airlines to suspend flights between Bangor and Washington Dulles — A volatile time for airlines and airports Bar Harbor council girds up legally as it prepares to cut cruise ship visits — How will the cruise ship industry respond to limits in a key port? Maine home sales dropped in November, but prices kept climbing — The downside to a booming home market has been the lack of inventory Matt O'Malia of GO Lab Inc., shows off a sample of the startup's insulation. F I L E P H O T O

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