Gagné Foods provides free transportation and makes adjustments to support the new Mainers who keep gourmet pastries rolling off the production line.
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.
Gorham Connector plan’s public review timeline gets extended
The Maine Turnpike Authority says the extension will help to ensure the process is thorough ‘if the project goes forward.’
New commuter bus service between Portland, Lewiston-Auburn starts Monday
Riders may buy tickets for The LAP on a transit app or pay the driver the exact cash amount, which is $8 one way.
Auburn woman injured in Harrison crash expected to recover
The woman was unconscious and not breathing before first responders initiated life-saving measures.
8 injured in 2-vehicle head-on crash involving a moose
The collision occurred in Shirley on Greenville Road in Piscataquis County.
Possible shark sightings reported off Cape Elizabeth beach
A commercial fisherman and paddleboarders reported shark sightings off Crescent Beach State Park.
2 Maine State Police cruisers struck in separate collisions
Both vehicles were sideswiped early Friday morning while troopers responded to highway traffic incidents.
Worldwide software glitch snarls Maine banks, businesses
Flights at the Portland International Jetport were canceled or delayed, some Mainers were blocked from accessing bank accounts, and businesses of all kinds saw interruptions in operations after a CrowdStrike software glitch.
YMCA suspends summer day camps in Portland and Standish
The organization is still trying to rebound after memberships dropped during the pandemic.
Teenager dies from injuries in York motorcycle crash
The crash happened on Cider Hill Road and the teen was transported to Portsmouth Regional Hospital.