PORTLAND — Idexx Laboratories President and CEO Jonathan Ayers touted the company’s latest initiatives in diagnosing pet health on Friday, the morning after its stock closed at a record high.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paperโs features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
ATHLETICS: Triathlon draws 1,100 to OOB
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Judging by the number of people, it would have been easy to mistake the scene by The Pier on Sunday morning for the middle of a mid-summer day — for someone without a watch.
Triathlon takes over Old Orchard Beach
Some 1,100 athletes from around the country and the world turn out for what organizers hope will become an annual event.
Pilot program sends college counselor to Winslow High School
Winslow High School will have a full-time college counselor for the next four years, and pay just a third of the cost.
West Nile virus found in Gorham
The most recent case shows the presence of the virus in both York and Cumberland counties.
Maine Department of Health and Human Services budget cuts leave gaps in after-school programs
WESTBROOK — The Mission Possible Teen Center and A Company of Girls in Portland are two of 17 after-school programs scrambling to fill a funding gap after learning that they wouldn’t be getting any help from the state.
Gorham OKs fireworks on New Year’s, 4th and Saturdays
The new ordinance also requires people to get a town permit before using fireworks, and prohibits their use within 150 feet of any structure.
Elite Women: Wangari-Muriuki survives strange finish
Margaret Wangari-Muriuki stops just shy of the finish line but hangs on to win by six-tenths of a second.
USDA names more stores that sold recalled beef
Brackett’s Market in Bath and Shop N’ Save stores in Gray and Dover-Foxcroft, as well as grocers in six other states, may have sold contaminated meat.
Man planned to break up with girlfriend before fatal shooting in Waldoboro
WALDOBORO — Norman Benner had told his mother he wanted to break up with Arline Lawless, his girlfriend of four months, before a shooting last weekend that killed him and left her wounded.