Not only is funding in jeopardy, but the state’s child welfare bureaucracy failed to anticipate the growing need, fueled by drug use and addiction.
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 Lottery drops ‘Kwikies’ marketing scheme
Some retailers and consumers were concerned that the name was “sexual in nature.”
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Maine plan takes action to address Alzheimer’s
The plan calls on state agencies, local businesses and philanthropic groups to make Alzheimer’s a priority.
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Police search suspected meth lab in Bath
This is the fourth suspected meth lab found in Maine this year.
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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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Deering chess team takes top honors in state championships
Alsaady Thoalfakar anchored the Deering team, winning four games and the individual high score in the novice division.
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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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Yarmouth man dies in snowmobile crash in Penobscot County
Wayne Nickerson’s died when his 2007 Arctic Cat F-8 failed to negotiate a trail curve and hit a tree near the Sebois River.
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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.