The proposal backed by the Health and Human Services Committee is one of several aimed at addressing the growing needs of Maine’s rapidly aging population.
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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Habitat for Humanity to start project in Scarborough next month
The 13-house, 20-acre development will include conservation land.
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Buried ashes on private land put Scarborough neighbors at odds
A woman objects to a driveway being built on adjacent property but near a memorial site for her spouse, raising questions on landowner rights and family plot laws.
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Downtown Portland hotel makes room for its history
The ‘Eastland Meets Westin’ exhibit focuses on how the hotel’s role in the center of Portland has evolved.
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Maine Women’s Fund honors those who have made a difference
A transgender teen, the CEO of WEX and shoe store chain Lamey Wellehan are among those recognized.
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Legislation says Maine’s home care workers deserve better pay
With wages stuck for years at about $9 an hour, demand rising and jobs going unfilled, lawmakers set a target of $15.
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Propane depot proposal in South Portland grows more complicated
NGL Supply Terminal Co. says it wants to install a type of tank specifically defined and regulated under state law.
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Disabled, seniors competing for scarce housing in South Portland
With more demand from both groups comes shrinking apartment options for low-income elderly and unease in living near the young adults.
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Cape Elizabeth school board faces $110,000 budget reduction
The panel will hold a workshop Monday to make the cut, imposed by the Town Council, that would eliminate a proposed 7-cent increase in the tax rate.
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Peaks Island woman won’t blame beaver that bit her
Animal lover Barbara Filipos was trying to prevent her dog from tangling with the 40-pound rodent.