The Bangor man is in critical condition after he was shot while being pursued as a burglary suspect, Portland police 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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Bike swap attracts 1,900 people from across Maine
Held in Portland, the 10th annual event offers 565 bicycles for sale and finds new homes for about two-thirds of them.
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Portland burglary suspect shot by police, in critical condition
Jonathan Mitchell of Bangor is taken to Maine Medical Center with an apparent gunshot injury and is charged on five counts.
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The fate of the Union
This week, the Maine State Archives will launch a four-year commemoration of Maine’s important role in the Civil War.
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4 Maine high schools featured at conference
Representatives of Casco Bay High School in Portland, Gray-New Gloucester High School in Gray and Mt. Blue High School and Foster Technology Center in Farmington were invited to give presentations.
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Girls Rock! events highlight leadership, activism
Tonight’s awards ceremony at UMaine in Augusta will recognize six girls from around the state.
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Bill would strengthen Maine law on bullying
But opponents say such legislation would violate students’ constitutional right to free speech.
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Low math, reading scores qualify East End school for federal grants
The Portland elementary school is one of 10 in Maine that are eligible.
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Spending plan for Portland schools approved
The Portland school board mostly spares adult ed as it sends the $91.6 million budget to the City Council.
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East End school eligible for reform grant
Last year, Riverton Elementary School in Portland received a three-year, $3.4 million federal school-improvement grant through the same program.