WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Congresswoman-elect Chellie Pingree today welcomed a $250,000 federal investment to strengthen Maine's organic food supply chain and support independent organic producers. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program funding will help Apple Creek Farm LLC, an organic farm in Bowdoinham,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Congresswoman-elect Chellie Pingree today welcomed a $250,000 federal investment to strengthen Maine's organic food supply chain and support independent organic producers. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program funding will help Apple Creek Farm LLC, an organic farm in Bowdoinham, expand process  more

AUBURN, Maine, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited the Auburn Police Activities League (PAL) Center to receive a tour of the facility and discuss a $3 million grant she secured to build a new, larger facility. Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque, Chief of Police & PAL President Jason Moen, and other local officials joined Senator Collins at the center. As a leader of the Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommitte  more

NORWAY, Maine, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: Today at Stephens Memorial Hospital, U.S. Senator Susan Collins received a tour of the PACE Paramedic Station and participated in a roundtable discussion with hospital leaders and employees. Senator Collins secured $1,642,000 in the government funding bill that was recently signed into law to support facility improvements and equipment for the PACE Paramedic Station, which serves 18 rura  more