The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine will operate distance learning hubs in Portland and South Portland, and possibly Auburn-Lewiston.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, 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 for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Maine students return for first day of in-person learning since pandemic shut down schools
Many districts around the state are welcoming students back this week for the first time since March, with new safety precautions.
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Proposed development moratorium sparks tree debate in South Portland
The moratorium could halt two multifamily housing proposals that threaten to destroy hundreds of trees.
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Mainers cite postal failures, worries ahead of November election
Across the state, customers tell of late or lost letters and packages as scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service mounts amid a global pandemic and before the presidential vote.
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Dead whale pulled from Saco Bay to be studied
The 2-ton minke whale was loaded onto a trailer in Scarborough and hauled to Gorham for a necropsy.
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Maine postal workers demand funding, federal action to reverse mail delays
Postal union leaders are pushing for $25 billion that’s stalled in the U.S. Senate and calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s removal.
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Mainers remember Doris Buffett for her great warmth, philanthropy
The older sister of billionaire Warren Buffett gave millions of dollars to educational and social welfare programs in her adopted state, where she died Tuesday at age 92.
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Three reported shark sightings put Maine Marine Patrol on high alert following fatal attack
Patrols can’t substantiate any of the reports, but state and local officials are urging people to stay in shallow water and be aware of their surroundings in the wake of Julie Dimperio Holowach’s death off Bailey Island in Harpswell on Monday.
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Maine cities and towns hopeful for federal relief
Municipalities have cut budgets, furloughed workers and prepared for sharp drops in tax revenue as the pandemic continues. Now, they say, they need federal help.
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Maine’s high court backs town in Cape Elizabeth waterfront street fight
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court agrees that several residents of the Shore Acres subdivision don’t own a strip of land between their homes and the rocky edge of Broad Cove.