 The five-year program is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. It is managed by Coastal Counties Workforce, Inc., which operates in York, Cumberland, Saginaw, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox Counties. Stephen Halpert, who with his wife Judy ran the Portland Art House Theater called The Movies, has died at 91. Halpert also chaired the English department at the University of New England for more than 50 years.