City Manager Jim Gailey says the proposal calls for no special projects, but he has asked to fill three new positions, including a superintendent of parks, recreation and waterfront.
Kelley Bouchard
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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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South Portland approves propane buffer despite warnings over legality
The city’s attorneys warn that Pan Am Railways might challenge the amendment in court as a violation of federal pre-emption rights.
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Cape school board to review ‘weaknesses’ in response to unauthorized visitor
The town’s three-school campus was locked down briefly last week after incidents that led to a former student’s arrest.
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Plan calls for replacing former Joe’s Boathouse building in South Portland
Owner Port Harbor Marine wants to build a modern, two-story restaurant with two outdoor decks overlooking Casco Bay.
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With spike in applications, University of Maine starts wait list
In the wake of a marketing campaign, the university in Orono has received 14,205 applications for admission this fall, a 17 percent increase over last year.
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NGL Energy Partners withdraws propane depot plans in South Portland
The company says it will look for a ‘welcoming, business-friendly community’ after its Rigby Yard proposal was challenged for more than a year.
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Thanks to DNA ancestry project, Mainers with Irish ties find family
A giant archive overseen by a Portland group twins traditional and genetic genealogy to help trace family trees and connect relatives.
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Changing attitudes, influence of social media forged Waynflete’s response to suicides
The head of the private school in Portland says it tried to strike a balance ‘between destigmatizing suicide and making sure we’re protecting the privacy of the people involved.’
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Junior is second Waynflete student to die by suicide this school year
For the second time in five months, the private school in Portland posts an unusually open and poignant message about one of its students taking her life.
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South Portland school budget proposal up 3.7 percent
Superintendent Ken Kunin presents a $47.8 million spending proposal that would add 31 cents to the property tax rate.