While supporters are pleased, opponents fear the nation’s first constitutional amendment for food rights will lead to legal battles.
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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COVID-19 hospitalizations tick up again in Maine
There were 202 people being treated for the coronavirus in hospitals statewide on Sunday, up from 195 the day before.
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South Portland moves to require electric vehicle charging stations in new parking areas
The city now has 10 municipal and 26 privately owned charging stations that offer limited options for electric vehicle drivers.
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Afghan evacuees begin to arrive in Maine
The first of what could be as many as 100 Afghan evacuees to come to Maine arrived at Portland International Jetport on Thursday.
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Hundreds of asylum seekers wait in Portland-area hotels because apartments are so scarce
More than 300 immigrants who arrived in Portland recently are waiting for permanent housing in a tight rental market.
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Shooting in South Portland High School parking lot not ‘school related,’ police say
Superintendent Tim Matheney says police believe it was an isolated incident and there is no continuing threat to anyone’s safety.
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Person found with gunshot wound near South Portland High
Emergency responders found a person with a gunshot wound in one leg that didn’t appear to be life-threatening, a city official said.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.