Nonprofits

The pharmacy, to be located in Portland’s Pine Tree Shopping Center on Brighton Avenue, will be open to everyone, regardless of whether they receive care at MaineHealth centers.

The 4,560-square foot Ann and Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center, built by Wright-Ryan Construction, will nearly double public education space at the Falmouth-based Audubon center.

The land features 2.8 miles of picturesque stone walls, the remains of 18th and 19th century home foundations, remnants of wharves, clay pits and kilns connected with the family’s 19th- century brick-making business. The site became a national monument in December 2024.

The 12,000-square-foot facility will serve as both an educational resource for visitors and central offices for staff and volunteers who manage the 11 refuge properties spread across York and Cumberland counties.

Community Housing of Maine has appointed Kyra Walker to lead the nonprofit as executive director, following her service as interim executive director.

Grant recipients include four Habitat for Humanity offices, to support home repairs and help cover construction costs for the Compass Point neighborhood project in Rockland.

Funds go for maintenance and large-scale rehabilitation, from structural repairs at a Patten cultural center to carpentry repairs at a Blue Hill historic house museum.

The “cancer hospitality house” helps rural Maine cancer patients who face long-distance travel to the Bangor-Brewer area for care without an affordable place to stay.

The Augusta-based nonprofit is taking its career credentialing program nationwide with the launch of a national nonprofit called Generation US.

The recipients are Michael Kebede, a Maine-based banjo player originally from Ethiopia; Mia Muntu, a Portland choreographer and dancer; and Sascha Rose, a Haitian American musician and filmmaker.