The School Committee trimmed several positions and other expenses from the $51.7 million budget voters rejected on June 11.
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Online booking alerts now offered for busy Acadia National Park
The email alerts from recreation.gov let travelers know when preferred camp sites and vehicle reservations are available.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
UMaine creating $4.5 million Food Innovation Lab
The production and processing facility planned for the Orono campus is expected to support growth in Maine’s food and beverage manufacturing sectors.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Portland City Councilor Victoria Pelletier says she won’t seek reelection
The District 2 representative said her replacement must continue to advocate for renters and others often overlooked by city government.
Posted inMaine, News
Gov. Mills swears in new chief medical examiner for Maine
Dr. Alice Briones is a Maine native who recently retired as head of the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System.
Posted inMaine, News
2 seriously hurt in head-on crash between car, motorcycle in Baldwin
Police say high speed and unsafe driving were factors in the Saturday morning collision on Route 113.
Posted inMaine
New Sharon man missing for 4 days rescued from bog in Weld
Authorities believe the 75-year-old man fell from a ledge overlook in Mount Blue State Park, where he was taking photos for a presentation at a summer camp.
Posted inMaine, News
Injured teen hiker rescued from Appalachian Trail near Caratunk
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, Maine Warden Service and Maine Forest Service responded amid reports of heavy rain and a flash flood warning.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
State police investigate after driver strikes car, garage in Parsonsfield
Joshua Hermance, 23, is charged with leaving the scene after crashing the boat-carrying pickup he was driving into a garage on Route 160.
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Smiling Hill Farm’s historic legacy could foil Gorham Connector plan
The Maine Turnpike Authority has known for years that the farm was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places – but has never publicly disclosed that or its potential impact on the controversial highway project.