By Associated Press - Monday, March 30, 2020

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A commission supporting bicentennial festivals and projects around Maine has awarded more than $400,000 in grants.

Maine turned 200 this year. The Maine Bicentennial Commission is awarding the grants, and gave them to 133 applicants, state officials said.

The grantees include recording oral history projects in Harpswell and Grand Lake Stream, officials said. Another project would install a fish ladder in North Haven, they said.



It was a second round of grants. The first awards came out in October 2019 and funded 30 projects with more than $140,000.

The deadline to apply for the final group of grants is June 1.

Online: www.Maine200.org

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