WELLS
Junior Mitch Libby named Student-Athlete of the Month
Wells High School junior Mitch Libby has been recognized as Wells High School’s Student-Athlete of the Month for his academics, sportsmanship and performance this past fall season on the WHS cross country team. He was recognized especially for his running the 5K in post-season competitions.
Libby also was recognized in November at a school sports awards presentation for being named his team’s Most Valuable Player.
Libby, who says he has enjoyed running since the sixth grade, is the son of Karen and Dave Libby of Wells.
STATEWIDE
Three Husson students win grant to study stormwater
Three Husson students, Brooks Gay of Underhill, Vermont, Kaile Kimball of Lamoine and Serian Williams of Cardiff, Wales, U.K., have been awarded a $1,500 Maine Campus Compact grant to study stormwater runoff. The students will be using the award to design a rain garden on Husson’s Bangor campus.
Rain gardens are designed to absorb rainwater from impervious surfaces, like roads and driveways, before the water flows off campus. This prevents the stormwater from picking up pollutants and depositing them downstream into nearby lakes and rivers.
The students will be working on the project with faculty member and chair of the campus sustainability committee Dr. Tom Stone. Wynne Guglielmo, Husson’s environmental, health and safety compliance officer, will also advise the students.
Fill the Boot campaign raises more than $121,000
Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters in Bangor, Lewiston, Wells, Portland, South Portland, Biddeford, Bath, Sanford, Auburn, Rockland, Scarborough, Saco and Brunswick raised more than $121,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the annual Fill the Boot campaign in 2016. The campaign helps kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases that severely limit strength.
BIDDEFORD
Southern Maine Health Care staff helps with holiday gifts
York County families in need received Christmas gifts for their children from Maine Families through donations from employees at Southern Maine Health Care and members of the community
They received a total of 287 donated items and $160 in gift cards from Nonesuch Books that helped to make a memorable holiday season for 108 children.
SOUTH PORTLAND
Fisher-Gerrish donates $5,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs
Fisher-Gerrish Agencies, a division of American Income Life Insurance Co., has donated $5,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine.
The support will help serve more than 2,850 club members at five clubhouses in Greater Portland and Lewiston/Auburn this year.
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