Source: Fosters.com
Excerpt:
The Arts Council handed out $230,000 in federal stimulus money to help preserve jobs in the arts. The money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is the first round of $293,100 in total arts funding for the Granite State under the $787 billion stimulus package. The Arts Council claims the money will save 42 jobs at 12 music, theater, and visual arts and crafts organization throughout the state. The Governor and Council approved the grants last week. Other arts groups getting grants in the state include: Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, Littleton, $20,000; Friends of the Arts Plymouth, $20,000; Friends of the Colonial, Bethlehem, $20,000; Haverhill Heritage, Inc., Haverhill, $20,000; League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Concord, $20,000; Monadnock Music, Peterborough, $20,000; North Country Center for the Arts, Lincoln, $20,000; Saint Kieran Community Center, Berlin, $10,000; and Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, $20,000.
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