An older woman sleeping in the room where the car hit was transported to the hospital as a precaution.
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.
Connecticut man dies in ATV crash in Franklin County
The Maine Warden Service is investigating the crash on ITS 84/89 along Potato Hill Road.
Police investigate suspected arson at Portland church
Neighbors who spotted the fire at the Portland New Church on Stevens Avenue used buckets of water to try to put it out before firefighters arrived.
Afghan evacuees to begin arriving in Maine as soon as this week
Catholic Charities Maine is heading up the resettlement of 67 to 100 Afghans who fled their homeland as the U.S. military withdrew from the 20-year war.
Afghan evacuees to begin arriving in Maine as soon as this week
Catholic Charities Maine is heading up the resettlement of 67 to 100 Afghans who fled their homeland as the U.S. military withdrew from the 20-year war.
Senior housing proposal would add 44 apartments in South Portland
The South Portland Housing Authority wants to build Landry Woods as an expansion of Landry Village.
Affordable housing proposal in Cape Elizabeth evolves amid scrutiny
Meanwhile, opposition to Dunham Court has receded after critics accused leaders of a NIMBY response.
Portland Public Schools reports outbreak at Lyseth Elementary
The school will be closed Monday to allow testing of children connected to a neighborhood child care facility.
Remote learning extended one week at Arundel elementary school
Regional School Unit 21 officials are urging parents to take steps to prevent further community spread.
‘They didn’t know me or what I would do for this country’
Yasin Ahmady, who had come to the United States from Afghanistan 20 years before 9/11, is one of many Muslim Americans who suffered verbal and physical attacks in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks.