The Days and Comfort inns will be allowed to shelter homeless people through the winter months.
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.
Rare Steller’s sea eagle makes highly anticipated return to Maine
The bird was spotted Saturday on the Back River between Arrowsic and Georgetown.
Coalition to promote paid family leave this week at Maine State House
Family and medical leave allows workers to take paid time off for the birth of a child or to care for a sick or aging relative.
Caught in the crossfire: Mainers aid in medical rescue of Afghan boy
Fawad, then 6 years old, was hit by a bullet as his family tried to flee Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal. A network that included Maine residents came together to bring him to safety.
Fire interrupts service at Wells sewage treatment plant
Wells Sanitary District has lifted a water use restriction following the fire in the roof on Tuesday.
Immigrant advocates in Maine praise new refugee resettlement program
The Welcome Corps will enlist private citizens to help resettle refugees but some wonder how it will interact with agencies that have been doing the work for decades.
Cumberland County offers residents $1.35 million in heating assistance
County commissioners are using American Rescue Plan Act funds to help low- to middle-income residents who are struggling to pay their heating bills this winter.
MaineHousing will spend $21 million on winter, long-term shelter for Maine homeless
The state housing authority has issued RFPs to provide overnight warming shelters this winter, and other long-term solutions for next winter and beyond.
Cape Elizabeth and MSAD 51 differ in moving past failed school project votes
Voters in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland and North Yarmouth rejected multimillion dollar school projects, but the districts’ paths forward are different.
Day of Service at Westbrook church honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
The Social Justice and Peace Committee of St. Anthony of Padua Parish provided free breakfast and other resources on MLK Day.