Dentists in Falmouth, Lisbon Falls, Portland, Scarborough and Skowhegan will participate in the ninth annual Dentists Who Care for ME event.
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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Perfect storm of factors took unexpectedly destructive toll on Maine’s trees
Arborists cite wind strength and direction, as well the facts that many trees were harmed by the drought and still had leaves.
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In acclaimed new memoir, Sarah Perry confronts the crime that ended her mother’s life
At 12 years old, Sarah Perry found her mother brutally slain at their Bridgton home. She was faced with a choice – shut down or seek to understand what happened.
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Months of little rain put Maine woods at high risk for wildfires
The Maine Forest Service says more than half the state is under threat of wildfires.
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Gov. LePage unexpectedly withdraws renominations of 5 Maine judges
He provides no explanation for why five reappointments that legislators were set to confirm Monday, three for Superior Court and two for District Court, have been withdrawn.
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South Portland set to flip the switch on Maine’s largest municipal solar array
Members of the public will be invited Tuesday to walk through the 2,944-panel facility and learn how it works.
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The naturalized citizen: He came here to study and stayed to thrive
What is naturalization?About Vietnam Quang Nguyen had a rather inauspicious arrival in the United States, especially for a young man who, 10 years later, is on track to fulfill his goal to become a millionaire. In August 2007, Nguyen traveled alone and with limited English skills from Vietnam to Portland. Just 18 at the time, […]
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South Portland city councilor sworn in as incoming MMA president
Linda Cohen hopes to improve relations between the Maine Municipal Association and Gov. Paul LePage, who have wrangled over taxes and government policy.
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South Portland reacts as company kills cross-Canada pipeline plan
The city’s attorneys move to halt the Portland Pipe Line Corp. lawsuit as they review how TransCanada’s decision to kill the Energy East project might affect an existing pipeline from South Portland to Montreal.
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Cape Elizabeth to seek legal opinion in waterfront access dispute
The Town Council plans an executive session with the town’s attorney to clarify legal options in accepting or giving up rights to old paper streets.