Lt. Harry Weymouth, 46, who police say may have fallen asleep while driving, is remembered as a versatile and unassuming mentor who led by example.
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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Closing time comes for Three Dollar Deweys, a pioneer in Maine’s craft beer scene
The owners suddenly shut down the ale house that had an unprecedented number of craft beers on tap when it opened in Portland.
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Woman dies in head-on crash on Cape Road in Raymond
Dioni Javiera Araya Arriagada, 30, veered into oncoming traffic and drove into a large pickup truck, sheriff’s initial investigation shows.
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On Broadway, traffic frustrates as South Portland pursues solutions
A planned new middle school off the major artery calls attention to longstanding congestion, but what if more students walked or rode the bus?
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First Parish in Portland wrestles with a founding pastor’s tainted past
The Rev. Thomas Smith, who owned slaves and profited from Indian scalp bounties, is recognized on two plaques that church members are considering ways to address.
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Ecomaine paper, plastic recycling is jeopardized by everything from old sneakers to lobster shells
After global disruptions in the marketplace last fall, so-called ‘wish-cycling’ has driven up municipal waste disposal fees.
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South Portland faces second challenge to short-term rental rules
Resident Michael Frabotta has taken out a petition calling for the City Council to repeal or send to referendum the retooled ordinances approved this week for Airbnb-style rentals.
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South Portland residents balk at CMP plan to expand substation
City officials urge Central Maine Power Co. representatives to move the substation and consider non-transmission alternatives.
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Story of Paris Hill man connects Maine to ‘complexities’ of slave trade
Torn from his family in Africa, Pedro Tovookan Parris spent the last years of his short life in rural Maine. His journey is a tragic and revealing story of antebellum America.
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Multiple crashes snarl Friday evening highway traffic near Portland
The Maine Turnpike Authority reported several vehicle collisions slowing down the evening commute and weekend traffic.