It’s a helpful step that other airlines are expected to follow, airport officials say.
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
A plan to transform the Maine Mall just won an award, but can it be done?
The 90-acre, mostly paved shopping mecca in South Portland would be infused with homes and parks for a more balanced live-work-play environment.
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Posted inLocal & State
After one of Maine’s deadliest outbreaks, Maine Veterans Home determined to recover
Ron Menard, a regular volunteer, was the first rehab patient admitted to the long-term care facility after the coronavirus outbreak in March led to a shutdown and killed 14 residents.
Posted inLocal & State
In memoriam: Remembering veterans who died in Maine Veterans Home outbreak
The veterans who died had served as sailors, medics and mechanics overseas and on the home front.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Local Elections, News
Portland voters fill three school board seats, one by ranked-choice runoff
Yusuf Yusuf won a three-way race for an at-large seat with 55 percent of the vote.
Posted inLocal & State, News
MDOT advances Cash Corner improvement plan in South Portland
The project is part of a larger effort to ease motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic along the Broadway corridor.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Virus outbreak prompts Pat’s Pizza in Portland to curtail service
The Old Port eatery announced it will stop dine-in service through Nov. 5, but some patrons say that’s not enough.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Religion and Values, Schools and Education
Federal court upholds Maine law barring public funding for religious high schools
The plaintiffs charge that Maine’s tuition statute is unfair to students who attend such schools, and plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
New York man sentenced on drug, gun charges in Maine
A federal judge sentenced Deondray Warren to 10 years and 11 months in prison for trafficking heroin and crack cocaine in central Maine.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Nation & World, News
Woman sentenced to 30 months for mailing anthrax threat to Sen. Collins
A federal jury found Suzanne Muscara of Burlington guilty last year of sending white powder in a threatening communication to the senator’s Bangor address in 2018.