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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.
Posted inMaine, News
Sprague Energy responds to fuel tank leak in South Portland
Company employees reported the leak early Saturday and are pumping kerosene from the tank in preparation to make repairs, a deputy fire chief says.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
As overdose deaths soar, LePage says he’s adding treatment beds at Windham prison
But some Democrats say they haven’t seen detailed plans for additional treatment beds.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
South Portland council bans unhosted short-term rentals in residential zones
The City Council approves sweeping rules that give short-term rental operators who don’t live on the premises a grace period before the city moves to shut them down in September.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Scarborough principal remains silent on reason for sudden resignation
High school Principal David Creech says he appreciates the outpouring of community support but offers no explanation for his decision, which follows school board approval of later starting times for classes.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Scarborough High principal resigns suddenly amid controversy
The reason David Creech tendered his resignation Friday is unclear, but parents are linking it to a community dispute over new school start times.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
South Portland student accused of threatening to ‘shoot up the school’
The boy was carrying a knife but no guns when he was taken into a custody, in an incident that unnerves students and parents a day after the mass shooting in Florida.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
South Portland councilors offer mixed messages on 42-unit affordable housing proposal
Supporters say affordable units are desperately needed, but others fear the project would exacerbate parking and traffic problems.
Posted inMaine
South Portland invites proposals for redeveloping former public works site
The 6-acre parcel in the Meeting House Hill neighborhood is on the market and available for mostly residential, eco-friendly development.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland council adds grace period to short-term rental ban
Operators who don’t live on the premises would be allowed to honor reservations made by Feb. 6 for home stays through Sept. 15.