The 27-year-old was treated at Maine Medical Center for a non-life-threatening injury, police say.
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.
Youths rally for solar power, climate action at Portland City Hall
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KeyBank donates over $130,000 to Avesta Housing
Part of the grant will promote expanded access to safe, clean and affordable senior housing.
EPA extends time to comment on South Portland air emissions settlement
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The Edge Sports Group of Bedford, Massachusetts, is conducting a study to determine what types of athletic and recreational amenities would be included.
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South Portland-Montreal pipeline pitched as alternative route for CMP line
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South Portland presses DEP officials for help monitoring emissions from oil tanks
DEP chief Gerald Reid says he’ll help the city establish an air quality monitoring program but resources are limited after eight years of ‘starvation’ under former Gov. Paul LePage.
Annual frog migration brings out amphibian fans in Cumberland
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