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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2009

BRUNSWICK, MAINE – Downeast Energy & Building Supply will award scholarships to seven high school seniors and graduates planning to enroll or already enrolled full-time at approved postsecondary community colleges in the career and technical programs for heating or building trades. Each scholarship is for $500 per academic year.

The recipients of this year’s scholarships are (in alphabetical order):

1. Nathan Elwell, a Farmington High School student who plans to attend Southern Maine Community College for Building Construction;
2. Nicolas Grover, who is currently attending Northern Maine Community College in their Building Construction program;
3. Tyler Moore, a Phippsburg resident who plans to attend Southern Maine Community College for Plumbing & Heating;
4. Samuel Perkins, from Athens, who is planning to attend Southern Maine Community College for Plumbing & Heating;
5. Nicholas Perry, from Morse High School, already enrolled at Southern Maine Community College in the Building Construction program;
6. Joshua Seigars from Wiscasset, who plans to attend Northern Maine Community College for Building Construction; and
7. Andrew Trask, a Farmington resident who is headed to Central Maine Community College for Building Construction.

Awards were based on a combination of selection factors including, but not limited to, scholastic merit and participation in extracurricular activities.

For more information on the program and to download an application for next year, go online to www.downeastenergy.com or contact Betsy Morrell, vice president of Downeast Energy at betsy@downeastenergy.com.

About Downeast Energy & Building Supply

Downeast Energy and Building Supply operates 13 offices in southern and central Maine and Dover, NH, and a building supply store and lumber yard in Brunswick, Maine. For more information, please visit www.downeastenergy.com.