Cape Whoopies are now on shelves in Wegmans Food Markets in Massachusetts, and soon could be in all 106 of the high-end supermarkets across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
South Portland wins pipeline lawsuit over local clean air rule
The Portland Pipe Line Corp. dropped its fight against the city’s Clear Skies Ordinance, ending a more than 6-year battle in federal courts.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Feds agree with Maine: Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks
New U.S. CDC guidelines for dealing with COVID-19 in schools align with changes enacted in Maine last week.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine wardens patrolling for intoxicated, unsafe boaters this holiday weekend
Don’t drink and boat, the Maine Warden Service warns, and be sure to have enough life preservers onboard.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Biden administration backs South Portland in fight against pipeline
A legal brief filed with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supports the city’s 6-year battle to preserve local authority in protecting air quality.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland’s prized Candelabra Tree under assault by browntail moth caterpillars
One of Maine’s largest and most beloved trees, the stalwart of Deering Oaks is struggling against the defoliation and drought that plague many of the state’s trees.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Religion and Values
Maine congregations wrestle with reopening in the wake of vaccinations
Faith groups across the state are returning to ‘a new normal,’ knowing that some members may not be inoculated.
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Owner of Brian Ború building withdraws application for demolition
The MEMIC Group says it will ‘slow things down a little’ while it considers a proposal from an individual who wants to move the iconic Old Port building to save it from the wrecking ball.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Would-be victims, including a 9-year-old boy, fight off carjacking attempts
The incidents began in Old Orchard Beach on Wednesday afternoon and ended with a man’s arrest in Wells.
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Maine Warden Service urges greater caution after at least 5 drownings this week
Saying that is ‘way too many,’ a warden service official reminds people that the state’s waters are still cold and urges boaters to wear life jackets, which are required onboard.