Buoyed by local supporters, El-Fadel Arbab has been working 3 jobs to keep his family safe in a hotel in Saudi Arabia while waiting for his wife’s travel visa to be issued.
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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Police investigate suspicious package at Topsham Walgreens a day after bomb threats
Maine State Police bomb technicians were called to investigate the package, which was reported a day after bomb threats at several Maine Walgreens stores.
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MSAD 61 target of lawsuit after Casco teen dies on school hiking trip
The parents of Michael Strecker are suing the Lake Region School District over their son’s 2021 death.
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Soggy, late hay harvest could further imperil struggling farms
Wet weather has prevented farmers from harvesting hay, leaving them with costly or unappealing options to feed their livestock.
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Unfurling the facts in the 1901 Maine state flag debate
History, politics and design sensibilities collide as residents of the Pine Tree State consider which banner to embrace.
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A walk to remember loved ones killed in Burundi
Members of Maine’s Banyamulenge community call attention to the Gatumba refugee camp massacre, where hundreds of the ethnic minority were killed or injured.
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UNE professor to lead national gerontology group
Marilyn Gugliucci heads the geriatrics education and research program at the University of New England’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Campaign spotlights oft-ignored yield-to-bus law
It’s not optional – if a Metro bus is flashing its yield sign, let it in. That’s the message of a new campaign designed to get people to comply with a 2019 law.
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Bank offers first Islamic mortgages based in Maine
The program is viewed as a watershed initiative for Maine’s immigrant community.
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The Portland Phoenix publishes final issue
The owners of the weekly newspaper, which restarted after a shutdown in 2019, said the pandemic kept them from attracting enough advertisers.