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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 J U LY 1 0 , 2 0 2 3 The Ecology School in Saco acquired a 200-acre addition to its regenera- tive agriculture learning campus at River Bend Farm located alongside the Saco River. The property purchase was the result of $100,000 donations from each of the American Farmland Trust and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation as well as funding from private sources. Skowhegan Savings awarded a total of $14,000 in college scholarships to seven high school seniors as part of its 2023 Skowhegan Savings College Scholarship awards. Aroma Joe's, a handcrafted beverage chain, opened a location at 3 Bangor St. in Augusta. The Maine Justice Foundation in Augusta awarded $10,000 grants from its LGBTQ+ Fund to five Maine organizations for 2023. Recipients included National Association of Social Workers Maine, Maine TransNet, Alfond Youth & Community Center, Equality Maine Foundation and OUT Maine. The Special Olympics Maine Unified Champion Club was awarded a $10,000 donation from J. Edward Knight & Co., an insurance company in Boothbay Harbor, through the 2023 Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance Make More Happen Awards program. Wyman's, growers and processors of wild blueberries in Milbridge, C R E D I T S & D E B I T S NonprofitMaine.org/PowertheCommonGood #NonprofitsWorkForME 1 IN Maine workers 100,000 100,000 6 employed Maine nonprofit jobs in Maine That's over by a is PMA CONTEMPORARIES We are redefining what it means to be a museum Learn more at PortlandMuseum.org/join and want you to be a part of it. Vroom! Caribou's Spud Speedway revs up changes with new investors — New energy in the County FAME approves loan to help a Millinocket aquaculture business — Could Millinocket be an aquaculture hub? Sun Life touts $24M Portland home as 'future of work' — Now Sun Life, Covetrus, WEX and Roux are in one neighborhood With sales of COVID tests waning, Puritan Medical Products says it will cut 272 jobs — With Abbott cuts, Maine is losing at least 650 jobs Maine State Chamber CEO resigns abruptly, citing personal reasons — We are sorry to see her go P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F S P U D S P E E DWAY Spud Speedway N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N N O T E W O R T H Y M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T