Known as an advocate for students, Lyons headed several Maine colleges and universities in his 30-year career.
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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One out of five Maine nursing facilities rated below average
Fewer problems are seen here than in other states, but a Medicare measurement gives a Sanford site where maggots were found only a one-star health inspection rating.
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Nursing home with maggots had prior problems
The Sanford facility was found to have “health deficiencies” during 2011 inspections, but officials say there was no neglect.
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Feds to spend $2.4M on Maine ferry improvements
Ferry services in Portland and Frenchboro will benefit.
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Display of truck collection tribute to Yarmouth man
YARMOUTH — Erv Bickford loved old trucks — the look, the sound, the feel of them.
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New USM president Kalikow a good listener
PORTLAND — Theodora Kalikow has few preconceived notions on how to fix the problems that plague the University of Southern Maine.
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New USM president Kalikow a good listener
PORTLAND — Theodora Kalikow has few preconceived notions on how to fix the problems that plague the University of Southern Maine.
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Barney Frank, husband discuss their wedding
OGUNQUIT — Barney Frank and Jim Ready spent their honeymoon here at their home tucked on a wooded hillside, with the tourist-filled village churning below and a sliver of the Atlantic gleaming in the distance.
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Wedding of Barney Frank, partner resonates in Maine and beyond
Frank married his longtime partner on Saturday, securing a spot in history as the first sitting congressman to legally marry a same-sex partner.
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Ogunquit supportive of marriage of Barney Frank, partner
OGUNQUIT — Barney Frank and Jim Ready spent their honeymoon here at their home tucked on a wooded hillside, with the tourist-filled village churning below and a sliver of the Atlantic gleaming in the distance.