The pews in Biddeford’s St. Andre Church are filled for a emotional service on Friday.
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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Ski lift stays closed, inspection continues
Another victim is sent home from the hospital as he recovers from fractures in two vertebrae suffered in a fall when a chairlift derailed.
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Failed Sugarloaf lift still closed; probe continues
A damaged chairlift at Sugarloaf Mountain Resort will remain closed today as state inspectors continue their investigation into a cable derailment that sent eight skiers to area hospitals earlier this week.
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Mechanics tried to fix cable before chairlift derailed
Mechanics at the Sugarloaf Mountain Resort were trying to realign a chairlift cable Tuesday when it derailed and dropped five chairs carrying skiers into the snow 25 to 30 feet below, resort officials said Wednesday.
The announcement came as state inspectors ended their first full day investigating the accident, which sent eight people to hospitals and stranded dozens of skiers on the Spillway East lift for as long as an hour and 44 minutes.
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AG releases video of Outlaws shooting
Clip shows portion of federal raid that ended in death of Thomas Mayne.
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Top grade for school librarian
Kelley McDaniel never saw herself overseeing a hushed repository of books.
As the librarian at King Middle School, she’s usually at the center of activity, whether students are enjoying snacks at a Thanks a Latte reader-appreciation event, playing vampire-themed games during a library sleepover for fans of the “Twilight” series or engaging in a scholarly discussion about books set in the Civil War era.
It’s a part-time job that McDaniel does with full-time vigor, largely because it allows her to learn right along with students.
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Cost-cutting pays off for schools, city
Portland’s $2.2 million surplus for the last budget year is welcome, but cutbacks loom next year.
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Students put LePage to the test
Portland eighth-graders learning about government quiz the next governor on his positions and plans for the state.
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LePage fields Portland students’ questions
Students asked the governor-elect about his stand on education spending, environmental protection and gay marriage, among other issues.
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20 Maine teachers get national certification
The 201 Maine teachers who have been certified in recent years are among more than 91,000 nationally certified teachers across the country.