The operating licenses of Comfort Inn, Days Inn, Howard Johnson and now Casco Bay Hotel are up for review because of increased calls for police and other emergency services.
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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Biddeford residents arrive home to house in flames
Firefighters from six towns take turns battling the blaze in intense summer heat.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine reports one COVID-19 death, 139 hospitalized statewide
Nineteen of the patients were in critical care Saturday, continuing a trend seen in Maine of fewer virus patients with severe illness.
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Police identify girl, 9, killed by falling tree at Standish campground
Hallie Oldham died after a large pine tree fell on the roof of the car she was sitting in.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Juvenile suspect charged with murder in death of Mount Vernon teen
A close-knit town is awash in grief, confusion and a newfound sense of danger after Brooke McLaughlin, 14, was found dead in her home Monday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Condos pitched in Cape Elizabeth where affordable housing proposal failed
A developer faces similar challenges in planning to build 18 condos where a 46-unit affordable housing project was scuttled by community opposition last year.
Posted inMaine, News
New tax relief program for older Mainers surprises, concerns many
Pitched as a property tax stabilization program, it will allow some homeowners to freeze the amount of their annual tax bills.
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South Portland councilor’s move to different district raises some residents’ ire
The criticism of Councilor Jocelyn Leighton, who is representing District 1 even though she moved to District 3, comes after she supported a recent change in off-leash dog hours at Willard Beach.
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Portland adds food-scrap collection sites for compost program
Now there are eight locations to drop off food scraps and keep them out of the waste stream.
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MaineHealth gets $1.2 million federal grant for overdose prevention
The statewide overdose and infection prevention program will increase drug treatment and screenings with a focus on harm reduction among syringe users.