A committee will present redevelopment options for the O’Neil Street property tonight, before a new public services facility opens later this year off outer Highland Avenue.
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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Caterpillars taking toll on trees in Cape Elizabeth, and crossing town lines
The town’s new tree warden raises alarm about winter moth caterpillars, while a state forest entomologist is optimistic that efforts to curb the insect’s range will be successful.
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ON Semiconductor asks South Portland for change in tax break deal
It’s unclear what the successor to Fairchild Semiconductor wants to alter in the agreement, which calls for annual investments in the plant at 333 Western Ave.
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Construction of solar project on South Portland’s capped landfill to start in July
The array off Highland Avenue is expected to generate about 12 percent of the electricity used by the city’s school and municipal buildings.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
New cuts proposed before second Scarborough budget vote in July
Municipal and school administrators have recommended $307,000 in budget cuts that would reduce the property tax rate increase to 3 percent.
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Memorial road race raised $14,000 for Eastern Trail project in Scarborough
When the “Close the Gap” project is done, walkers, runners and riders will have access to 16 contiguous, off-road miles from downtown Saco to Bug Light Park in South Portland.
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Scarborough factions at odds over school budget again
Leaders in the dispute accuse each side of distorting details of a $47.4 million spending plan for the coming year that voters firmly rejected on Tuesday.
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Scarborough rejects 3.4 percent school spending increase
The failed proposal puts the town in familiar territory, facing another school budget referendum in the coming weeks.
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South Portland council issues Knightville warning
The salvo issued Monday night appears to doom a controversial proposal by the South Portland Housing Authority to build a 48-unit affordable housing complex in the heart of Knightville.
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There will be nothing hoity-toity about The Griffin Club’s replacement
The new owners of the South Portland landmark say Big Babe’s will be a comfortable pub and music venue for all.