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A reporter colleague announced her retirement reported by The Maine Press Association. Although I never met Tammy Wells in person, I worked collaboratively with her on several reports about Maine nursing and the state's Franco-Americans. Local journalists work very hard and their dedication to writing is appreciated! Although I am sad to read about Tammy's retirement from the Biddeford Maine Journal Tribune, her future should be full of new adventures. (Some of my best years as a writer was when I was a beat reporter for The Sanford News, a weekly newspaper.)

Reporter Tammy Wells retires

Dina Mendros, Executive Editor, of Mainely Media, sends this update:

Having worked for over 20 years in journalism in southern Maine, and years more elsewhere - 35 years total - reporter Tammy Wells retires March 31.

Tammy worked many years at the Journal Tribune, a daily covering most of York Country, and when that closed in 2019, she transferred to the Mainely Media organization, working on weeklies covering York County towns and cities, where she is retiring from.

There are a lot of hard-working journalists in our industry, but in my nearly 17-year career, working alongside Tammy at both the Journal Tribune and Mainely Media, I found her to be the hardest working reporter I've worked with. Tammy always went above and beyond, and hated being scooped, which is a problem when you work for a weekly. She always cared about getting the story, and more than that, getting the story right.