City staff will work with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to produce a needs assessment and economic analysis for what could be a multimillion-dollar project.
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.
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Family of missing 80-year-old sailor from Massachusetts hoping for a ‘miracle’
A 33-foot sailboat piloted by Richard Pratt, an experienced seaman who built his own vessels, was found unmanned Thursday off the coast of Cape Elizabeth.
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Maine Turnpike crash in Saco snarls traffic for hours
The collision of an RV and a tractor-trailer, on one of the year’s busiest travel days, backs up the turnpike for as much as 11 miles and triggers traffic jams on local roads throughout the area.
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Scarborough council trims school budget, sets third referendum
The Town Council cut an additional $50,000 from the 2017-18 school spending plan Wednesday night, hoping to win voter support on Sept. 5.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland denies pipeline’s tax abatement request
City Assessor Jim Thomas says the Portland Pipe Line Corp. was ‘nonresponsive’ to his request for supporting data, though the company provided a computer flash drive with over 14,000 documents.
Posted inMaine, News
Neighborhoods near Maine Mall eager for attention as they evolve
Long overlooked by the city, South Portland’s western section is changing rapidly and clamoring for support in becoming a closer-knit community.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Scarborough’s second 2017-18 school budget referendum is underway
Voters may cast their ballots now through July 20 on the reduced school budget proposal, in advance of the July 25 referendum.
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Children’s Garden at Fort Williams being damaged by visitors before it’s completed
Users are mistaking the frog pond with plantings, a work in progress, for a wading pool and harming the feature that has attracted many admirers.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Pedestrian killed, Arundel woman arrested in South Portland crash
Kristen Hodak, 29, is charged with operating under the influence in a crash that killed a Hollis man on Cummings Road late Saturday.
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South Portland councilors favor housing, open space for public works site
Some residents have suggested the 6-acre site should become a public park, but city officials planned to sell the land to offset the $15.7 million cost of a new public services facility.