Kennebec Savings Bank staff members and their family recently volunteered at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. Mindy Jorgensen, head of maintenance at the bank, coordinated coffee and doughnuts for volunteers before work began. Volunteers assisted arboretum staff in restoring the white ash collection. The work completed during that day essentially cleared a quarter of this collection, removing buckthorn, honeysuckle and the occasional bittersweet vine, according to a news release from Mark DesMeules, the arboretum’s executive director.

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Kennebec Savings Bank staff members and their family recently volunteered at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. Mindy Jorgensen, head of maintenance at the bank, coordinated coffee and doughnuts for volunteers before work began. Volunteers assisted arboretum staff in restoring the white ash collection. The work completed during that day essentially cleared a quarter of this collection, removing buckthorn, honeysuckle and the occasional bittersweet vine, according to a news release from Mark DesMeules, the arboretum’s executive director. Front, from left, are Talia Jorgensen, Amanda Jorgensen; and back, from left, are Mindy Jorgensen, Mary Hammond, Judy Johnston, Mark Johnston, Todd Jorgensen and Ethan Hammond.
Kennebec Savings Bank staff members and their family recently volunteered at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. Mindy Jorgensen, head of maintenance at the bank, coordinated coffee and doughnuts for volunteers before work began. Volunteers assisted arboretum staff in restoring the white ash collection. The work completed during that day essentially cleared a quarter of this collection, removing buckthorn, honeysuckle and the occasional bittersweet vine, according to a news release from Mark DesMeules, the arboretum’s executive director. Front, from left, are Talia Jorgensen, Amanda Jorgensen; and back, from left, are Mindy Jorgensen, Mary Hammond, Judy Johnston, Mark Johnston, Todd Jorgensen and Ethan Hammond. Contributed photo
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