Guests were evacuated when a bathroom vent in a first-floor room at Americas Best Value Inn caught fire, an official says.
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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Record low temperatures putting strain on Mainers and their machines
Portland sets a new record low for Jan. 1.
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Finalist: Molly Neuner, young activist
Her firm push against sexist dress codes persuaded schools to rethink rules.
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Eastern Trail completes $4.1 million ‘Close the Gap’ campaign
The money will be used to build two bridges in Scarborough that will complete 16 miles of off-road trail from downtown Saco to Bug Light Park in South Portland.
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Lawmakers working on pot bill compromise cautiously optimistic after meeting with Gov. LePage
Members of a special committee will resume debate next week on a proposal to regulate retail sales and production of recreational marijuana.
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Fire in freezing weather challenges firefighters, destroys Brunswick home
The blaze in the 1850 Cape-style home started when two occupants were trying to thaw frozen pipes with heating equipment, officials say.
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South Portland council backs off action on short-term rentals
The City Council will hold a fourth workshop on the controversial issue, breaking what one councilor says was a promise to ban Airbnb-style rentals that aren’t owner-occupied.
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Maine attorney general reviews Portland survey of HIV patients for privacy violations
The city shared its contact list for a survey of 229 former patients of India Street HIV health program without getting their permission.
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Ruling could cost Scarborough an additional $1.2 million to settle 4-year-old property tax dispute, lawyer says
Prouts Neck and Higgins Beach residents went to court after the town rejected tax abatement requests similar to those given other homeowners on abutting lots they own.
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Federal judge again denies South Portland’s plea to dismiss pipeline company’s lawsuit
The judge may rule next on the merits of Portland Pipe Line’s challenge to the city’s Clear Skies ordinance, which blocks the flow of Canadian crude oil to South Portland.