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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 inElection 2022, Maine, News
Housing is top issue for South Portland council at-large candidates
Richard Matthews, Steven Silver, Natalie West and Brendan Williams are running for two seats on the South Portland City Council.
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Posted inMaine, News
South Portland gives initial approval to allowing more in-law apartments
Accessory dwelling units would be allowed in all single-family residential zones, adding to housing stock where apartments are scarce.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland Council pushes rent control talks to next year
Tenants and housing advocates fear the sense of urgency to act on the housing crisis has waned, but councilors say that’s not the case.
Posted inMaine, News
Taxpayers’ group attacks Scarborough library expansion proposal
The $13 million bond issue is too big, group leaders say, but library trustees say the expansion plan is just right.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Three who narrowly escaped Kabul rebuild their lives in Maine
They are among more than 260 Afghans who have settled in the state since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Posted inMaine, News
Scarborough Comfort Inn & Suites to stop sheltering homeless people
The Town Council agreed to renew the hotel’s operating license if the owner transitioned away from temporary housing.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Council on Aging aims to end ageism in Maine in 10 years
Discrimination based on age is holding people back, diminishing health outcomes and hurting Maine’s economy, the organization says.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland launches rebate program for electric vehicles, lawn equipment
Open to low- and moderate-income residents, it’s one of several local funding efforts to reduce carbon emissions in Maine.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland opens Senior Drop-in Center on Nutter Road
The facility will operate weekdays in the South Portland Community Center in space previously used for a child-care program.