The gym on Falmouth Street in Portland will be open to men and women who need shelter and aren’t showing symptoms of having COVID-19.
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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Maine CDC gives top testing priority to long-term care residents
Gov. Janet Mills also offers ‘extraordinary’ MaineCare funding to help nursing facilities meet the costs of the coronavirus threat.
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Leading doctor decries lack of testing at Maine’s long-term care facilities
Dr. Jabbar Fazeli warns that Maine hospitals could be flooded with stricken seniors if nursing homes aren’t able to test more widely and get faster results.
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Mainers take action to help seniors isolated amid the coronavirus crisis
From Biddeford to Westbrook to Harpswell, agencies, volunteers and neighbors are responding to older Mainers who are staying home to stay healthy.
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Maine’s long-term care facilities stay on alert as virus spreads
Nursing homes and assisted-living facilities take steps to curb the spread of coronavirus, while a resident of OceanView at Falmouth remained at Maine Medical Center on Tuesday.
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Maine bicentennial postage stamp to be issued this weekend
But the stamp’s official Statehood Day dedication has been postponed because of concerns about coronavirus.
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Businesses in Maine college towns brace for students’ departure
From Gorham to Farmington to Orono, campus responses to coronavirus concerns raise worries about lost revenue.
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Maine postpones Statehood Day bicentennial bash over coronavirus concerns
The event celebrating 200 years of statehood was expected to draw hundreds of people to the Augusta Armory.
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It’s a celebration 200 years in the making
‘It isn’t just history buffs’ anticipating Maine’s bicentennial – two centuries of statehood. The marquee event is next Sunday at the Augusta Armory.
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More than a million times, Mainers say, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you’
Maine has the fourth-highest rate of residents who have signed up with the National Do Not Call Registry.