They say guidelines for the $200 million grant program for small businesses and nonprofits make them ineligible and reward organizations that have lost the most money.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Schools and Education
Maine Arts Academy gets creative with learning and safety
Chorus can be a challenge when harmonizing 14 feet apart with a face mask, but staff and students are making the most of the opportunity to keep the school open and singing.
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Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
The Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraiser will air Oct. 24.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Art dealer whose treasure sent hunters scouring American West dies at 90
Forrest Fenn said he hid the loot 10 years ago in the Rocky Mountains and dropped clues to its whereabouts in a poem published in his 2010 autobiography.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Politics
Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi
The rapper has already qualified to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Utah.
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Grammy-nominated composer William Pursell dies at 94
He worked as a Nashville studio musician with artists like Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Scooter-riding rappers seek to dispel Augusta negativity in music video
Ben Bowman, also known as Ben, the Maker, made the video in hopes it would help people get past both the negative stereotypes some may have of hip hop music and any negative views toward the city of Augusta.
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Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel dies at 82
His 1966 movie ‘Closely Watched Trains’ won the Academy Award for the best foreign language film.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Things to Do
A favorite pond and the dating pool are subjects of photo show on water
Photographer Kate Greene takes a deep dive with ‘So Much Water So Close to Home’ at Grant Wahlquist Gallery in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
City won’t waste John Oliver’s donation, on 1 condition
The mayor of a Connecticut city says he will follow through on what was originally a tongue-in-cheek threat to name a sewage plant after comedian John Oliver if Oliver attends the plant’s naming ceremony