The cities are in talks with ReVision Energy of Portland to build solar arrays on their former landfills.
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.
Cape Elizabeth gun club faces continuing opposition
Pressed by neighbors, the town will start charging property taxes just as proposed legislation seeks to block local efforts to limit or close sport shooting ranges.
South Portland to have business signs at school athletic facilities
Superintendent Ken Kunin assures a divided school board that the signs for corporate sponsorship will be tasteful and eventually could raise ‘six figures’ for sports programs.
Cape Elizabeth library reopens to positive reviews
The second attempt at a multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion follows a ‘more careful consideration of what the community needed and what would fit the character of the town center.’
Knightville panel backs plan for two-way traffic
The South Portland City Council will now review the downtown traffic and parking compromise.
Cliff Islanders surprise ‘dear friend to all’ to fete him as he turns 80
Islanders make a fuss over their dependable, indispensable – and beloved – neighbor Chester Pettengill on his 80th birthday.
Plan to upgrade transfer station goes to Cape Elizabeth voters in June
The $1.4 million proposal calls for using smaller, drive-by compactors instead of the larger one in use now.
New South Portland buffer proposal would block most propane depots
A proposed fire code amendment would prohibit most companies from developing propane facilities in the city, but it wouldn’t block Pan Am Railways.
Rehumanizing the immigrant experience in Maine
The Maine Historical Society’s latest exhibit, which opens Friday, weaves together the shared experiences of new Mainers over four centuries.
South Portland receives revised proposal for propane depot at Rigby Yard
The third version from NGL Supply Terminal Co. that reduces the potential fuel capacity by half.