The city’s housing authority wants to build a 40-unit apartment building on the site of the former St. John’s Church in the Thornton Heights neighborhood.
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 inBusiness, Maine, News
South Portland council votes tonight on short-term rental limits; court fight possible
A rental operator has started an online fundraising campaign to raise $25,000 to fight any new restrictions in court.
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Posted inMaine, News
Cape Elizabeth shore access dispute draws anger, calls for compromise
Some participants in a public forum Saturday say the town should allow public waterfront access in the Shore Acres neighborhood and address residents’ concerns about privacy, safety, security and the environment.
Posted inMaine, News
Cape Elizabeth officials told to protect public access to land along Broad Cove
Most of those attending a meeting Thursday night say the town should accept paper streets in the Shore Acres neighborhood that are the subject of a lawsuit filed by several residents.
Posted inAnimals, Maine
Snowies and their admirers causing problems at Portland Jetport
Driven south by the changing climate and a population boom, the owls are drawing birders who sometimes park illegally to get a good look.
Posted inMaine
South Portland agency takes new tack to develop housing, retail at former church site
The housing authority says it’s working with Thornton Heights residents to develop the project, but a leader of neighborhood opposition says the project ‘is not going to fly.’
Posted inMaine, News, That Moment
Jittery yet joyful, teen enters new stage in the life of a drag princess
Joey Harrigan, a senior at Portland High School, makes his professional debut as ‘Famine’ at a fundraiser to benefit programs to create safer schools for LGBT youths.
Posted inMaine, News
Cape Elizabeth homeowners file lawsuit claiming ownership of seaside ‘paper street’
The lawsuit comes one week before the town is set to hold community meetings to try to resolve a heated neighborhood dispute over public waterfront access on an undeveloped right of way.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland councilors move to ban ‘unhosted’ short-term rentals
The City Council is poised to allow ‘hosted stays’ in residential zones, with significant restrictions.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland councilors move to ban ‘unhosted’ short-term rentals
The City Council is poised to allow ‘hosted stays’ in residential zones, with significant restrictions.