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.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, 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, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fire damages Fireside Inn & Suites in Portland
One guest was treated for smoke inhalation at the motel on Riverside Street, off outer Brighton Avenue.
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Cumberland County Jail gets $900,000 federal grant for drug treatment
The jail has partnered with community agencies to improve substance use disorder treatments for inmates while they’re incarcerated and afterward.
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Sound guy from South Portland is mixing presidential debates
Lance Vardis, an audio engineer who has mixed World Wrestling Entertainment events for a decade, was at the soundboard for the raucous first debate.
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Presidential debate raises profile of deaf ASL interpreter in Maine
Regan Thibodeau, who is known for her work interpreting COVID-19 updates by the Maine CDC, is featured on social media after the first 2020 presidential debate.
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Boys & Girls Clubs adapt programs to help local schools during pandemic
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine will operate distance learning hubs in Portland and South Portland, and possibly Auburn-Lewiston.
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Maine students return for first day of in-person learning since pandemic shut down schools
Many districts around the state are welcoming students back this week for the first time since March, with new safety precautions.