Peter Joseph, town manager of Lincoln, N.H., will replace Dale Olmstead, who is retiring after 30 years.
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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Feds to spend $2.4M on Maine ferry improvements
Ferry services in Portland and Frenchboro will benefit.
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Falmouth considers putting a lid on big boxes
A zoning amendment would limit the footprint of new or expanded buildings
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‘Part of our history is gone’
The Yarmouth Water District faces fines and anger over its illegal demolition of a home built in the early 1800s.
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Falmouth youth soccer funds field upgrades
The Falmouth Youth Soccer Association has donated $65,000 to fund improvements to Falmouth Community Park on Winn Road.
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Falmouth to buy Blackstrap land for $1.16 million
The purchase will allow the town to sell a former school complex.
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Parents offer $10,000 reward in Portland cold case
Judi and Wayne Richardson hope to find out who shot and killed their daughter in 2010.
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For the love of trucks, Erv Bickford’s dream coming true
Erv Bickford’s family plans to build an open-air pavilion in the center of Yarmouth to display a few of the 300 Macks, Kenworths and Brockways he collected over a lifetime in the trucking business.
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Getting the eyes of the world focused on Maine
Kids from China get a feel for what it’s like to study abroad as Kennebunk High School hosts an international summer camp.
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For special-needs kids, waves of joy in Kennebunk
With a host of volunteers, a local surf shop gives about 90 youngsters the chance to get on board.