Unspent housing bonds. Fewer resources for dementia. Stigma surrounding food stamps. Less emphasis on home care. Five years after ‘The Challenge of Our Age’ series investigated problems faced by older adults in Maine, it’s clear the state still has immense work to do.
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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Community volunteers help seniors in Harpswell and other Maine towns
Harpswell Aging at Home is one of about 100 grassroots initiatives across Maine that are helping seniors remain in their homes and stay connected to their communities.
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Watch: South Portland gets a herd of hungry goats to clear park of invasive weed
Eight goats from Scapegoats of Kennebunk will spend a week munching on Japanese knotweed in a park beautification project.
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Mold cleanup in dorm makes move-in day challenging at Southern Maine Community College
SMCC welcomes students for the fall semester – many of them in temporary quarters – as a company removes mold from Spring Point Residence Hall.
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South Portland’s short-term rental rules on track for citywide vote in November
A majority of city councilors says the boomerang issue of controversial Airbnb-style rentals should go to the voters.
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Mold cleanup in SMCC’s largest dorm to displace 320 students as semester starts
Testing identifies several types of mold in the 10-year-old Spring Point Residence Hall, some of it low levels of ‘black mold.’ Some students say the school was slow to inform them of the problem.
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South Portland’s long fight over short-term rentals goes on as petition puts new rules on hold
The referendum petition resurrects a community dispute over regulations for popular room and home rentals advertised on websites such as Airbnb and HomeAway.
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Cape Elizabeth seaside residents agree to pay $500,000 to block public shore path
Under a settlement proposal, the waterfront residents would drop their lawsuit and the town would vacate its claim to an undeveloped street in the Shore Acres subdivision.
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National summit on aging targets Maine, home to nation’s oldest, most rural population
Eradicating isolation on the outskirts of America is the focus of a national gathering of elder advocates and other experts in Portland this week.
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South Portland firefighter killed in crash in Hollis fell asleep at wheel, state police conclude
Lt. Harry Weymouth had completed a 24-hour shift the day before the head-on collision and had worked a ‘mini-shift’ at a Sanford hospital not long before it.