All 4 members have joined bipartisan efforts to prevent the potato’s reclassification from vegetable to grain under federal dietary guidelines, and to encourage Japan to drop barriers to buying more U.S. potatoes.
Kelley Bouchard
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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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First mixed-use building at The Downs will add housing near Costco, Idexx
Developers say The Lofts at 225 Innovation Way, set to open in the business park at the former Scarborough Downs in May, will give residents the opportunity to walk to work and nearby shops.
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Last-minute budget cut to Maine dairy subsidy riles farmers
In a late-night budget session, lawmakers cut funding for the Dairy Stabilization Program from about $8.9 million to $4.5 million.
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Greater Portland totally embraces the almost-total solar eclipse
In Portland, about 100 miles south of the path of totality, the moon covered 96.4% of the sun at the eclipse’s peak.
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After difficult quest for stable housing, Angolan family finds home in Lewiston
Last March, Anadia Miguel was 7 months pregnant and inconsolable in a temporary shelter for asylum seekers in Portland. A year later, much has changed.
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Maine dairy farms are dwindling. A task force is being set up to find out why.
Maine has lost one-third of its commercial dairy farms since 2020. Emergency legislation signed by the governor calls for a task force to identify ways to keep the heritage industry healthy for decades to come.
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Power restored to most Mainers affected by Friday outages
The outages were caused by high winds and downed tree branches, a Central Maine Power spokesperson said.
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After a long wait, Portland man welcomes his family following their escape from Sudan
El-Fadel Arbab has lived an ocean away from his wife since they wed a decade ago. This week, she and the couple’s 2 sons arrived in Portland.
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Portland jetport pitches parking expansion plan for city, state review
The Portland International Jetport has reduced its proposal by 100 spaces, but that might not satisfy residents of a Stroudwater neighborhood concerned about the $8 million project.
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Plan to extend turnpike through Smiling Hill Farm faces opposition at rally, meeting
The Maine Turnpike Authority hosted a public meeting Monday evening on the Gorham Connector, a planned 5-mile, 4-lane highway from the turnpike in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass.