Doug Sanford’s work to transform the Pepperell Mill Campus has resulted in 100 apartments with a long waiting list of prospective tenants.
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 inMaine, News, Real Estate
Desperate renters look outside Portland; nearby communities feel ripple effects
South Portland is a prime alternative, and Biddeford and Westbrook also draw interest, pushing up rents and filling new units as fast as they’re built.
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Posted inMaine, News
South Portland officials take another look at natural gas heat for new building
City staffers weigh wood-chip biomass against gas after Unitil shows interest in extending service to the planned municipal building on Highland Avenue.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Portland library hosts book groups, develops guide to ‘Being Mortal’
The discussion guide aims to help seniors and their families use Atul Gawande’s book to prompt important conversations in a rapidly aging population.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland Conservation Commission wants city to move toward sustainable energy
This would include preparing a formal transition plan and adjusting ordinances to discourage expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.
Posted inMaine, News
Cape Elizabeth to continue maintaining mansion ruins at Fort Williams Park
The 1850s Goddard Mansion is a popular but lesser known feature of a park that’s visited by nearly 1 million people annually.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Scarborough voters elect pro-school spending candidates to Town Council
Christopher Caiazzo, a sitting School Board member, and Robert Rowan, a political newcomer, win a five-way race for two three-year council terms.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Scarborough candidate admits he overstated educational background
William ‘Liam’ Somers says he ‘glossed over’ the fact that he attended but never got a degree from UMaine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
South Portland officials seek information missing from controversial propane depot proposal
NGL Supply Terminal wants to build the facility at Rigby Yard because it must leave its existing terminal on Commercial Street in Portland before next spring.
Posted inMaine, News
Longtime South Portland fire chief resigning
Kevin Guimond, who joined the fire department in 1987 and became chief in 2003, accepts a job with Iberdrola USA, the parent company of CMP.