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Friday, November 18, 2022
Volume 18 • Issue No. 46
Linda Littlefield Grenfell By Susan Gallagher, Staff Writer YORK COUNTY Linda Littlefield Grenfell grew up in “The Emerald Forest.” In truth, this magicalsounding place was just a field with a pine tree but to an imaginative child, it was special. There in Eliot, on an acre of land between a creek and a river, the young girl climbed trees and played on the banks of the Piscataqua. She started canoeing as soon as she could sit up between her father’s legs. “I was always outside,” she says.
A Child of Nature
How fitting that this child of nature would evolve into a Maine Master Naturalist, a licensed Maine Sea Kayaking Guide and an Environmental Educator at the Wells Reserve. Her journey to reach these goals, however, would prove to be long and circuitous, leading her through hills and valleys of educational dilemma, spiritual discovery and personal grief. At 19, the self-proclaimed hippy and college dropout headed to Sugarloaf Mountain to ski and spend time in the woods.
After a time of reveling in what she calls her “adolescent rebellion,” Grenfell’s life was surprisingly redirected by “The Princess of Sugarloaf Mountain.” This sarcastically intended moniker referred to a thirtysomething woman, still dallying at the mountain and working at an inn. The young Grenfell looked at her one day and thought, “I don’t want to be that.” She ended up at UMaine at Orono. Unsure of what to pursue, she became a Philosophy major, but she struggled person-
ally. Living in a freshman dormitory, three years older than her classmates, Grenfell became depressed. Thankfully, her rescuer appeared in the form of one Kris Dahlberg, the Dean of Women, who took the f loundering student under her wing. “She saved my life.” Grenfell says. Dahlberg moved Linda to a graduate dormitory where a whole new world revealed itself. For the first time in her life, she was among people with differSee GRENFELL on page 4 . . .
Partnership to Oversee Transit & Housing Initiatives in Kittery KITTERY A coalition has been established to oversee the continued implementation of transit, housing, and communications initiatives identified in a 2019 Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) funded through a U.S. Department of Defense grant with the Town of Kittery and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS). Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission (SMPDC) is leading the effort with a committee comprised of Kittery town staff, shipyard officials, City of Portsmouth representatives,
Maine and New Hampshire transportation organizations, and other municipal, state, and federal partners. The group conducted its kickoff meeting recently at the Rice Public Library in Kittery. The goal is to refine and implement strategies identified in the previous JLUS phases to improve traffic congestion and address housing affordability throughout the region in addition to building communication and collaboration between the shipyard surrounding municipalities.
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STATEWIDE Small Business Saturday is on November 26 this year, helping to promote local communities and small businesses throughout the area. Many small businesses are incentivizing shoppers that upcoming weekend, helping to increase local holiday sales, rebuild from the negative effects of the pandemic, and reconnect with local communities, shop owners and restaurants. Founded by American Express in 2010 and officially cosponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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and regional workforce housing challenges associated with the shipyard, and other large employers in the region.
According to Stephanie Carver, SMPDC transportaSee PARTNER on page 6 . . .
Small Business Saturday is November 26
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A Joint Land Use Study is a planning initiative in which a local government and a military installation collaborate to create a blueprint for their mutual benefit – preserving military readiness while supporting communit y growth and economic development. In 2019, a JLUS planning phase was completed, focused on transportation, workforce housing, and land use issues surrounding the shipyard. It led to recommendations to improve traffic congestion, address climate and economic resiliency,
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since 2011, Small Business Saturday has become an important part of small businesses’ busiest shopping season. Historically, reported projected spending among U.S. consumers who shopped at independent retail-
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ers and restaurants on Small Business Saturday reached an estimated $23.3 billion, according to the 2021 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey commissioned by American Express.
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Area businesses, the SBA, Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), and American Express will be kicking off the 2022 holiday season by encouraging consumers to support the nation’s nearly 32 million independent businesses this Small Business Saturday and all holiday season long. For more i n for mat ion and the many ways businesses and consumers can participate, visit www.sba.gov/about-sba/ organization/sba-initiatives/ small-business-saturday and www.americanexpress.com/ us/small-business/shop-small.
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