Eimskip will open a warehouse and begin operating out of Portland at the end of March, replacing its container operation in Norfolk, Va.
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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State prefers own health-care solution to fed’s
Maine’s fledgling program to reduce health insurance premiums is the better deal, say state officials.
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Report: Rural Mainers lack access to dentists
The report could help guide lawmakers as they try to address inadequate dental care.
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Study: Mainers lack access to regular dental care
Nearly 40 percent of Maine’s 1.3 million people live in federally designated Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas.
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Some poor may regain MaineCare coverage
New federal poverty guidelines are forcing the state to re-examine the status of people who recently lost benefits.
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Maine agencies secure $4.2M in penalties, restitution, claims
The Office of Securities and the Bureau of Insurance helped to recover millions for Mainers in 2012.
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Maine man wins ‘Today Show’ wing cook-off
Malcolm Bedell’s Apricot-Shellacked Ghost Chili Chicken Wings took top honors.
Posted inNews, Politics
LePage’s budget would cut off patients with special needs
Hard-to-find dental care for 3,000 of the mentally ill and disabled would vanish under the governor’s budget.
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LePage budget includes some of funds demanded by lawsuit
Required services for 85 of 115 mentally impaired adults would be provided, but a lawyer calls it ‘a shell game.’
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Lawsuit targets LePage in defense of mentally impaired
The administration has failed to provide group-home care and other required services to more than 100 intellectually and developmentally impaired adults, the suit says.