The Portland assisted-living facility has shown disrespect and hasn’t provided clear details about the future, families say.
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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Maine to help find beds for 34 discharged from care unit
Slots for MaineCare recipients will be hard to find as St. Joseph’s closes its assisted-living space to make upgrades.
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Portland project’s parking plans still worrying neighbors
A ‘last roundup’ of concerns over housing proposed for Cumberland Avenue is on tap Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine civil rights figure recalls prom protest
In 1971, Una Richardson appealed to her classmates – unsuccessfully – that the Deering High School class of 1971 should not hold their prom at the whites-only Elks club.
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State backs Scarborough waterfront tax assessment hike
The town’s 2012 assessments ’employ sound and acceptable mass appraisal techniques,’ a state officials concludes.
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Portland educator named teacher-of-year finalist
Karen MacDonald ‘does whatever it takes to help kids learn,’ her principal at King Middle School says.
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Obama’s college-aid plan plays well in Maine
The president proposes grading schools on affordability, and tying federal financial aid to the results.
Posted inMaine, News
Scarborough says state review of tax assessments comes up short
Town officials say an analysis sheds little light on whether new waterfront property values are valid.
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Mercy! Catholic sister celebrates 102nd birthday at sea
Sister Mary Louise Landry’s two-hour excursion on Casco Bay is another high point in an extraordinary life spent serving others and breaking barriers.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Maine has hit a rough patch on divorce rate
The census ranks the state No. 2 in the nation, with education levels and other factors playing a role.