City Assessor Jim Thomas is seeking dozens of documents to support Portland Pipe Line Corp.’s claim that its properties are ‘substantially overvalued.’
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
Group backing South Portland’s Clear Skies ordinance gives city $10,000
Protect South Portland says it has raised more than $11,000 to help the city with a court case that has already cost it more than $1 million.
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Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
David Rockefeller, Acadia benefactor with deep ties to Maine, remembered for conservation efforts
The former bank CEO, who died Monday, donated and helped preserve other coastal lands for the public to enjoy ‘for generations,’ including 1,000 acres next to Acadia.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
SMCC trains immigrants with medical backgrounds to be EMTs
The new program, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to meet a growing need for multilingual emergency medical technicians.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Scarborough High team is heading for the U.S. Academic Decathlon
After winning the state meet, the students are raising money to attend the national competition in Wisconsin.
Posted inMaine, News
Amateur photographer captured South Portland pipeline history in 1941
The Etta Gregory Watts Collection at the South Portland Historical Society provides rare glimpses of the World War II era.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
South Portland struggles with identity as city’s population evolves
It’s becoming known as a progressive mecca, but some residents yearn for a bygone era seen as friendlier to industry and the working class.
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Marijuana social clubs won’t open anytime soon in South Portland
City officials will forge ahead in developing less controversial licensing and zoning rules for marijuana growing, manufacturing, testing and retail operations.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
Thatcher’s near the Maine Mall is set to close in April
Longtime restaurant owner Cynthia Boulay says she’s paring down her business holdings, and will close Thatcher’s on April 22 unless someone buys it.
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Oil pipeline seeks tax abatement in South Portland
South Portland’s Clear Skies restrictions on oil exports reduced the value of its property by 42%, the company says, so it wants an abatement.