Caroline LeCour
Multi Media Journalist at WCSH-TV (Portland, ME)
@NEWSCENTERMaine Reporter • @UConn Alum • 🎥 Story idea? [email protected]
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newscentermaine.com | Caroline LeCour
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland city leaders are grappling with a nearly $30 million budget shortfall as they prepare the fiscal year budget, a gap driven by increasing departmental needs and higher wages—and worsened by shrinking state and federal support. City Manager Danielle West presented her recommended budget last week, calling the situation “especially difficult” as the city tries to offset declining revenues while maintaining essential services.
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newscentermaine.com | Caroline LeCour
HARRISON, Maine — For many families facing food insecurity in Maine, the most pressing issue isn't always about finding food but finding a way to reach it. Right now in Maine, the USDA identifies a handful of what are known as "food deserts," which are described as areas where there is a lack of stores offering affordable food within a convenient distance. In more rural parts of the state, food banks such as the Harrison Food Bank step in to help.
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newscentermaine.com | Caroline LeCour
BIDDEFORD, Maine — A recent construction project in the City of Biddeford is causing a headache for drivers and slowing down business for some local shops. The 4.3 million-dollar storm and sewer line project started this month and is being mandated by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and its federal counterpart, according to Biddeford Public Works. The project is expected to be finished by November.
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newscentermaine.com | Caroline LeCour
BIDDEFORD, Maine — House fires can strike at any time. That's why local fire departments and the American Red Cross of Northern New England are working together to make sure Mainers are ready if they do. Red Cross leaders stressed the importance of smoke alarms during an event Saturday and shared powerful stories. They spoke about a family who was woken in the middle of the night by blaring detectors.
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newscentermaine.com | Caroline LeCour
MAINE, USA — Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the status quo, Maine's business community is reflecting on the hard lessons, pivots, and paths to recovery. NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Mike Concannon, owner of C Salt Gourmet Café in Cape Elizabeth, back in March 2020. His business at that time, like so many others, was reeling from an abrupt drop in sales. “The first day we noticed it, like, yeah, we were down. The next day? Crickets,” Concannon said back in 2020.
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After stabbing and killing his co-worker in Waterville late last year, 21-year-old Spridal Hubiak will now face 65 years behind bars. In the courtroom, Hubiak was described by prosecutors as a “uniquely dangerous person,” and that signs showed he had plans to kill others. https://t.co/fLzI01q3vs
