Family-owned Port Harbor Marine is eager to negotiate with the city before its current lease – called a sweetheart deal by some – expires.
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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King, Collins: Drone hostage deaths warrant full review
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South Portland hit by spike in homeless students
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Ken Kunin looks forward to return to state as South Portland superintendent
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Plan for developing former armory in South Portland wins support
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South Portland asks for revision of Rigby Yard liquid propane depot
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