Sat, 03/22/2025 - 4:35pm

From the left: Senate President Mattie Daughtry, Anna Carpenter, and Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center. (Photo courtesy Maine Legislature Senate Majority Office)

Front row, l-r: Rep. Karen Montell, D-Gardiner, Rep. Vicki Doudera, Anna Carpenter and House Speaker Ryan Fecteau. Back row: Rep. Kathy Javner, R-Chester. (Photo courtesy Maine Legislature House Democratic Office)

From the left: Senate President Mattie Daughtry, Anna Carpenter, and Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center. (Photo courtesy Maine Legislature Senate Majority Office)

AUGUSTA — On Thursday, March 20, Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, congratulated Anna Carpenter of Camden with a 2025 Legislative Memorial Scholarship. Carpenter is this year’s recipient from Knox County. Carpenter also posed for pictures with Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, and House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford.

“I have and continue to be impressed with the incredible academic work that Anna has accomplished,” said Sen. Beebe-Center. “This is Anna’s third year receiving the Legislative Memorial Scholarship, and she continues to demonstrate that she is deserving of the award. I can’t wait to see what she will accomplish next.”

The Legislative Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1995 as the successor of the Gould-Michaud Scholarship Funds. The original scholarship funds began in memory of Representative Stephen Gould of Orono and House Page David Michaud. They were available to students attending the Universities of Maine in Orono and Fort Kent. Now, the $1,000 scholarship is offered annually to 16 students, one from each county in Maine.

Carpenteris currently enrolled at the University of Maine at Augusta. She is pursuing a major in justice studies with a concentration in criminal justice. She is minoring in psychology.