PORTLAND — Spurwink Services, one of Maine’s largest mental health care and special education providers, will soon be seeking new leadership.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Spurwink president announces departure plans
After 13 years, Dawn Stiles will leave Maine to take a job in Florida, where she has a home.
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Maine ER nurse aiding Superstorm Sandy victims at makeshift Bronx medical shelter
For Steve Moody, it’s a high compliment that puts more than week of hard work in treacherous conditions into crystal-clear perspective.
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State reports first flu cases of the season
AUGUSTA — The first flu cases of the season were detected in Maine early last week, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.
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Maine confirms first influenza cases of season
Cases of Influenza A were confirmed in Aroostook County, Penobscot County and Cumberland County.
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Freeport Exit 20 targeted for unusual upgrade
The proposed “diverging diamond interchange” would be the first in Maine.
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Longtime Freeport town manager retires this week
Dale Olmstead’s replacement, Peter Joseph, former town manager of Lincoln, N.H., started last month.
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Yarmouth Water District to pay fine for razing historic house
North Yarmouth agrees to accept $32,688 – the cost of a penalty plus legal fees.
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Mainers missing out on tax and rent refunds
Each year, about half of the estimated 200,000 eligible households in Maine apply for a property tax or rent refund from the state. Given the average refund was $479 last year, consistently low participation in the Maine Resident Property Tax and Rent Refund Program is a curiosity, officials said, especially in a tough economy.
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Sen. Snowe to appear on ‘Parks and Rec’ tonight
Actor Adam Scott says Snowe is a “smart, sophisticated” woman.