Maine
Community invitation to United Way of Mid Coast Maine 2025 annual meeting
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is extending an invitation to the community to join them at their 2025 annual meeting. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 10 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Bowdoin College. The event’s theme “United We Thrive” will be an opportunity to come together as a community, for the community.
“We are honored to have Topsham resident, John Dorrer, labor economist and workforce analyst, joining us as our guest speaker to highlight our community’s greatest asset, volunteers,” said Nicole Evans, Executive Director of United Way of Mid Coast Maine.
Additional details about the event are available upon registering at www.uwmcm.org/annualmeeting. To register by email or phone, please contact info@uwmcm.org or 207-443-9752. Request a registration link by texting UWMEET to 41444. Thank you Bowdoin College for hosting and co-sponsoring the event.
Standing for re-election and election to the United Way of Mid Coast Maine Board of Directors include: Sean Martin (chair), Catherine Showalter (first vice chair), Christopher Bowe (second vice chair), Bob McCue (treasurer), Coleen Farrell, Carol Dexter, John Dorrer, and Matt Orlando. For a complete board list, please visit uwmcm.org/board.
For more information, visit www.uwmcm.org.
The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition says over the past two weeks its immigrant defense hotline has seen an uptick in reported ICE detentions.
They say this corresponds with a national shift in ICE activity, including bids for local businesses to cooperate with ICE.
In Maine, the arrests follow a broader trend of targeting Black and brown immigrants, including people navigating immigration proceedings.
The coalition, which represents more than 100 organizations, says it’s ready to protect civil and human rights and is urging immigrants to prepare themselves and their families.
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They suggest having the defense hotline ready in case you witness ICE activity, making sure you have important personal documents in case of detention, and reviewing rights around judicial warrants in private spaces, like your home or workplace.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
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