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Daily News Roundup: Me. Governor Calls on Trump to Reject Parkland Gift

February 23, 2017 | Read Time: 2 minutes

Maine Leader Asks Trump to Intervene on Big Land Donation: Gov. Paul LePage’s letter to the White House asks the president to reverse last year’s Obama administration order establishing a national monument on some 87,000 acres donated to the National Park Service by Burt’s Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby and to return the land to private ownership, the Bangor Daily News reports. Read a Chronicle article about Ms. Quimby and the controversy over her conservation gift.

William Penn Foundation Installs Executive Director: Shawn McCaney will officially take the reins at the $2.3 billion Philadelphia grant maker, which he has led on an interim basis since Laura Sparks departed last year, The Philadelphia Inquirer writes. Mr. McCaney joined the foundation in 2003 and before his promotion headed two of its grant programs.

Fla. Man to Plead Guilty in Attempted Clinton Foundation Hack: Timothy Sedlak, 43, told prosecutors he tried to penetrate the charity’s computer network in 2015 while researching whether nonprofits were inadvertently funding Islamic militants, Reuters reports. The cyberattack was uncovered in the course of a child-pornography investigation that led to a 42-year prison sentence for Mr. Sedlak.

Ala. Charity’s Ex-Accountant to Pay $1.3 Million in Fraud Case: Reggious Bell, 30, was also sentenced to two and a half years in prison for stealing from the Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, AL.com reports. The restitution includes $1.1 million for the nonprofit, which provides counseling and employment for people with disabilities, and payments to insurers and the Internal Revenue Service.

Nonprofit L.A. Gallery Shuts in Gentrification Battle: The founders of the PSSST art space said personal and online harassment prompted their departure from the Boyle Heights neighborhood, the Los Angeles Times writes. Local activists have protested an influx of galleries they say threatens to change the character of the community and displace its largely Latino and working-class population.