Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen and other ventures help cut the commercial vacancy rate to 12.6 percent.
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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Portland school official to meet with Obama
Jenna Vendil will meet with the president tomorrow during a special White House reception for young elected officials from across the nation.
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Falmouth voters defeat proposal to reuse schools
The ‘town campus’ plan fails by 1,938 to 1,777, but the school budget passes and five officials are elected.
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Maine voters scorn big-ticket capital projects
Falmouth, Gorham and Regional School Unit 5 voters show concern for their pocketbooks in tight economic times.
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RSU 5 rejects stadium at Freeport High
Voters in Freeport, Durham and Pownal rejected a proposal today to borrow $3 million to build a stadium complex at Freeport High School, which serves students of Regional School Unit 5.
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Yarmouth approves school budget, elects officials
Town voters overwhelmingly approved a $19.3 million school budget for 2011-12 today and elected representatives to the Town Council and School Committee.
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Gorham voters reject turf field, school improvements
The vote was 1,272 to 309 against the proposal, according to the town’s website.
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Cumberland voters approve gravel pit ban
The vote was 862 to 507 in favor of the first citizen-initiated referendum to change an ordinance in the town’s history, according to Town Manager Bill Shane.
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Falmouth voters reject school reuse proposal
The vote was 1,938 to 1,777 against the ballot issue, according to Town Clerk Ellen Planer.
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Voters to decide on local issues, spending plans
One of the most contentious ballot proposals would convert two Falmouth schools into a community center and a public library.