Leslie Goode

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Leslie Goode is a reporting fellow for Monitor Local, an initiative of The Maine Monitor. She is receiving training through the Journalism New England Career Lab to do civic reporting that provides people in towns across New England with the information they need to be engaged in their community.

Leslie has a professional background in public health, health policy, communications and philanthropy. After working for non-profit organizations in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, she moved to Maine in 2005 and currently lives in Blue Hill. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she earned a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Smith College and a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.

Contact Leslie with questions, concerns or story ideas: lesMEMONlie themainemonitor org

Members of the select board sit around a table during a meeting.

Paris Select Board rejects midyear budget reallocations for payroll, solid waste

Officials reject a request to spend $200,000 beyond what voters approved at June’s annual town meeting for the Norway-Paris Solid Waste facility.

ByLeslie Goode

October 16, 2026

select board members sitting around a table.

Paris Select Board puts data center development on hold

The board approved a 180-day moratorium, directed the Planning Board to draft a ban ordinance and discussed an interim police chief.

ByLeslie Goode

October 2, 2026

construction equipment at the cherryfield site.

Locals get behind-the-scenes tours of Cherryfield dam reconstruction as project nears completion

The Downeast Salmon Federation’s ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour of the Cherryfield Fish Passage Improvement Project attracted 50 to Cable Pool Park on Friday.

ByLeslie Goode

October 1, 2026