This is the fourth suspected meth lab found in Maine this year.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, 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 for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Maine officials to release plan to address dementia issues
More than 37,000 Mainers have Alzheimer’s disease, and that number is expected to grow to 53,000 by 2020.
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Dental clinic’s funding cutoff stirs backlash
Clinical Services, which serves mentally ill people from across Maine, will close in June if its budget is not restored.
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Maine health coalition chief tapped for national post
Elizabeth Mitchell has led the Maine Health Management Coalition since 2008.
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Maine licenses 1st cooperative health plan under Affordable Care Act
Maine Community Health Options will offer members lower costs and better coverage, company officials say.
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State may fund AMHI memorial
A bill would raise $50,000 for what a co-sponsor says is ‘the final tribute’ to those who died at the state psychiatric hospital.
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Legislature considers memorial for lost souls of AMHI
The Legislature is considering a bill to appropriate $50,000 to erect a permanent memorial to the lost souls of AMHI on the grounds of the former hospital, overlooking the Kennebec River.
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Mercy, Eastern Maine get federal OK to merge
The two health care systems still must get approvals from the state and the Vatican.
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LePage says mental health care best remedy for gun violence
But Maine’s annual spending on mental health care has dropped by $27 million since 2008.
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LePage touts mental health record amid gun control debate
Gov. Paul LePage is pointing to his record on mental health care spending as he lobbies the Obama administration and Maine’s congressional delegation to follow his lead rather than support increased gun control in response to the shootings in Newtown, Conn.