Bucksport public health organization to shut down

Bucksport public health organization to shut down

The Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities Coalition, a public health organization serving Bucksport and surrounding towns for more than three decades, is set to dissolve at the end of March. The nonprofit cited reduced grant funding, a lack of volunteers and “ongoing capacity challenges,” Bucksport’s town manager, Jacob Gran, said at a Town Council meeting Thursday when announcing the closure. “They’ve done a lot of good work,” he said. The closure …