Falmouth’s Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is a writer, a spokeswoman and a mother of four.
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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Portland elected officials to be sworn in today
The mayor and city councilors will be sworn in at noon, followed by School Committee members at 4 p.m.
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Dinner served with class
Succulent duck draped in a port wine sauce or tender lamb served with a tangy mint chutney.
Crisp salads drizzled with citrus vinaigrette or Stilton blue cheese dressings. Bakery favorites such as moist banana bread or caramel-soaked bread pudding.
Gourmet offerings like these are now available evenings in the public dining room of the culinary arts program at Southern Maine Community College.
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SMCC puts focus on ‘green’ practices
Solar-panel installation is the latest effort to prepare students for careers linked to alternative energy.
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A different take on bullying
For starters, we should stop teaching students not to tattle on their peers, an expert tells a group of parents.
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Bruce Roberts Toy Fund: Cancer patient asks fund to give her children what she can’t
A woman undergoing chemotherapy prays to see ‘that twinkle in their eyes.’
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L.L. Bean donates $12K to Portland school programs
The programs aim to increase high school completion rates.
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Portland school to host anti-bullying expert
Stan Davis is a nationally known expert on strategies to prevent bullying.
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Portland students make’pretty clever’ gadgets to assist seniors
With foam board, hinges, fabric and other materials, students from Lyman Moore Middle School in Portland solved some everyday problems for residents of the Inn at Village Square in Gorham on Monday.
Students in Julie Marshall’s technology class designed adaptive devices to help residents in the assisted-living community cope with two common challenges: carrying a cup of coffee while using a walker or wheelchair, and holding a book with weak or arthritic hands.
The sixth-graders produced their devices over the last two months and demonstrated them Monday afternoon before a few dozen residents in their community room. Each device got rave reviews.
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Engineering class proves electrifying
Perched on work tables in a classroom at Falmouth High School, two small, battered race cars hold the promise of learning experiences to come.
If all goes as planned, students will be driving them at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough by springtime, and they could be racing against students from other Maine high schools in the future.
Students in Falmouth’s advanced engineering class are fixing up one of the gas-powered junior race cars, known as “bandoleros,” and will install an electric motor in the other. They plan to race the cars next spring to see which one performs better.