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Town of Oakland Announces Awards to Three Local Businesses Through Inaugural Façade & Downtown Improvement Grant Program

Central Maine Growth Council, Press Release • June 26, 2026

OAKLAND, ME - June 25, 2026 – Launching its inaugural round of grant funding to support downtown revitalization, the Town of Oakland has awarded...

USM Special Collections marks milestone for Maine’s first LGBTQ+ newspaper during Pride Month

University of Southern Maine Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications, Press Release • June 26, 2026

PORTLAND, Maine — More than five decades after publishing Maine’s first gay newspaper, the founders of “Mainely Gay” have released a...