Built next to the old one, the new solid waste transfer station includes a swap shop where residents can trade gently used items.
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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Annual survey shows Portland’s problem of homelessness by the numbers
This year’s tally, which won’t be available for a few days, includes anyone who spent Wednesday night outdoors or in a shelter.
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South Portland to seek solutions to tight rental market
The City Council calls for a task force to investigate the problem and develop solutions, including opportunities for affordable housing development.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
South Portland councilor brings 1960s protest experience to city government
Nearly 50 years later, Brad Fox is still bucking the system, fighting for underdogs and trying to draw the disenfranchised into municipal politics.
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Portland Pipe Line says South Portland’s ban on crude exports threatens its survival
The city’s lawyers defend its Clear Skies ordinance, while the company argues that it needs to reverse the flow of its oil pipeline to Canada.
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Proposed propane moratorium fails in South Portland
It falls one vote short of passage by councilors as they consider a storage proposal and a fire code change.
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A first: Republican lawmaker speaks at Martin Luther King Day celebration in Portland
Senate President Mike Thibodeau, the first elected Republican official to speak at the NAACP Portland Branch’s annual event, says Mainers can’t ‘allow hatred and bigotry to be the norm.’
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Mainers reflect on pursuing Martin Luther King’s vision of a ‘beloved community’
After a tumultuous year, some prominent African-Americans see the need to call out racism and triumph over hate with love.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Cape Elizabeth school board acts quickly to replace superintendent
The chairwoman says the board will tap administrators, teachers and community members for input in hiring Meredith Nadeau’s replacement by July 1.
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South Portland tenants group to ask council for rent controls
The City Council will discuss the shortage of affordable rental housing at a meeting later this month.