Three features and several shorts will explore topics including Alzheimer’s and nursing homes.
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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Census shows Mainers hurting economically
Maine’s median household income barely rose in five years and growing numbers of children live in poverty.
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Portland pulls proposed ban of plastic foam containers
Some councilors questioned the language, scope and justification of the proposed ordinance.
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LePage lifts ban on tax-exempt bonds
The state aims to finance $40 million in senior and low-income rental housing in the coming months.
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Tears flow as Maine church celebrates last Mass
South Portland’s St. John the Evangelist was built in 1940 to serve a growing population on the west side of the city.
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Maine leaders warned of impact as state’s population ages
‘Radical rethinking’ will be needed, an economist tells a Maine gathering taking a first step in developing solutions.
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Mainer’s path of self-discovery leads to world triathlon in London
When Ann Dillon was about to turn 60, she wasn’t ready to coast into retirement.
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Protesters leave Congress Square Plaza under police orders
About a dozen people who oppose the sale of the public space vacate the park after it closed for the night.
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MaineCare underfunding hurts long-term care
The crisis at nursing homes and assisted-living centers is getting some lawmakers’ attention.
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St. Joseph’s renovating to get fewer MaineCare users
The Portland diocese says the care facility it sponsors needs more private payers to stay financially healthy – bad news for some facing discharge.