The 30th anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Sunday was marked by sadness and outrage over Gov. Paul LePage’s comments last week about why he wouldn’t attend the NAACP Portland Branch’s premier annual event.
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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Kids test their voices in MLK Day projects
PORTLAND – In Sahro Atoor’s neighborhood, it’s easy to feel like an outsider. One day, a car drove by Atoor’s friend and the white men inside yelled racial epithets. “Go back to your country,” one of them shouted. In Kennedy Park, the housing complex where Atoor lives, kids hang around in cliques and talk trash […]
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Schools ready for sports equality review
Portland has done an audit already that shows two problems in avoiding gender discrimination.
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LePage leaves NAACP feeling left out
He is unable to attend Martin Luther King events and has declined other invitations, but plans to honor King publicly.
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Three Maine school districts get $200K grants
The money will be used to plan and design student-centered educational programs that meet the needs of all learners.
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Biddeford high school students get a scientist’s point of view
A UNE visiting professor from Kenya shares details of her work to inspire students to pursue a science career.
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SMCC’s Ortiz: a tough act to follow
The college president, who will retire in July, is credited with overseeing a period of great expansion.
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Pingree: Shooting a wake-up call for toning down political rhetoric
Maine’s congressional delegation is shocked by the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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Feature Obituary: Bette Pennell, 85, longtime owner of Bette’s Lunch
SCARBOROUGH – Whenever town workers were out straight plowing snow or fighting a fire, Bette Pennell would trudge up Black Point Road in the middle of the night to open her small restaurant on Route 1. The town tore down Bette’s Lunch in 2003, the year after Pennell retired because of failing health. But few […]
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Baker retiring as Westbrook chief of police
He will leave the position in Westbrook to work from his Portland home for an FBI contractor.