Clifford students could move into Portland’s new Ocean Avenue Elementary School in January.
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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Feature Obituary: Joseph Goodheart, 87, city bus driver for 33 years
For 33 years, Joseph Goodheart greeted bus riders in the Portland area with a generous smile and a hearty hello. He started driving for the Portland Coach Co. in 1954 and retired from the Metro in 1987. He drove the same routes for several years at a time, including the Ocean Avenue and Westbrook routes. […]
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Delta Dental donates $2.3M to start Maine dental college
UNE plans to establish Maine’s first dental college to help address a lack of access to dental health care and a need for more oral health professionals across the state.
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Congress approves broad finance-industry reforms
Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins were among only three Republican senators who voted for the bill.
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Route 111 crash kills 76-year-old Biddeford woman
York County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of accident that shut down traffic for hours.
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Woman drowns after saving her grandchild
The librarian and writer from Westbrook gets caught in strong currents at Old Orchard Beach.
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Former school bus driver in Saco pleads guilty to OUI
If Jan Mooney fulfills the terms of her plea deal, two counts of child endangerment will be dropped.
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Feature obituary:Jean Stevens O’Neill, 81, made many sacrifices for her family
SOUTH PORTLAND – All through her life, Jean Stevens O’Neill battled the effects of polio, a crippling disease contracted when she was 12 years old. It made her tough and compassionate — a powerful combination that proved to be an excellent example for her two children and three grandchildren. “All of the qualities you want your […]
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Armed robber strikes Forest Avenue car wash
A white male carrying a knife demanded cash from the register.
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Former Saco school bus driver pleads guilty to OUI
Jan Mooney, 55, of Saco, was accused of driving while intoxicated twice in one day last December.