They helped to build a water filtration system and to provide medical care to Haitian refugees working in sugar cane fields.
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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Bus services offer new regional monthly pass
The new pass will cost $45 per month and allow unlimited travel throughout Portland, South Portland, Westbrook and Falmouth.
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UMaine system launches online learning site
Online.maine.edu has overviews of more than 45 online programs, direct connections to staff and links to admissions resources.
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Mural flap makes latest Time magazine
“Milestones” page notes Gov. Paul LePage’s controversial decision to remove mural from Maine Department of Labor.
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‘I never knew I had a powerful voice’
Catherine McAuley junior Lulu Hawkes will represent Maine at a national poetry contest in Washington.
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Feature Obituary: Kathleen Balzano, 67, led life defined by family and service
PORTLAND – The call to service was strong when Kathleen Marie Howland graduated from Cathedral High School in 1962. “Back then, you either became a nun or a nurse, or both,” said Thomas J. Balzano of Portland, one of her four sons. The call to marriage was a bit stronger, however, so she delayed starting […]
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Federal lawsuit seeks return of mural to Labor Department
Gov. LePage’s removal of the artwork violated the free-speech rights of all Mainers, the suit claims.
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Scarborough firefighters battle three-alarm blaze
The fire was reported around 8:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood off Route 1, near the Scarborough Connector to Interstate 295.
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State police investigate Alfred death
The cause of the man’s death is unclear, but it doesn’t appear to be suspicious.
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Lawsuit: Return mural to Labor Dept.
The complaint asks the court to compel Gov. Paul LePage and other officials to restore the mural to its original location.