From building the state’s largest municipal solar array to taking on an international oil company, Maine’s fourth-largest city just might be its most environmentally active.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, 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 for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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South Portland-Montreal pipeline pitched as alternative route for CMP line
Rep. Chris Kessler, D-South Portland, offers an emergency bill suggesting the Portland Pipe Line corridor replace the controversial route now proposed.
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Annual frog migration brings out amphibian fans in Cumberland
Volunteers came Sunday to help frogs and salamanders cross Range Road, but the most movement likely happened after midnight, when the human visitors were gone.
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South Portland raises a red flag over dog waste problem at Hinckley Park
As snow turns to mud, a park ranger runs out of flags – orange, not quite red – highlighting the volume of dog feces at one of the city’s most popular dog-walking spots.
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Portland diocese celebrates cathedral’s 150th year
The soaring Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Cumberland Avenue is the spiritual home for about 220,000 Roman Catholics in Maine.
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South Portland man charged in connection with suspected overdose death
Stephen Lynch was arrested after a 28-year-old man was found dead by family members.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Legislation targets Maine’s chronic waiting list for Meals on Wheels
The largely federally funded program provides healthy food and human connections that help prevent more costly hospital and nursing home stays.
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South Portland suspends worker for salting his driveway in Scarborough with city truck
Ronald Doucette, a longtime Fire Department employee, was caught on video applying salt to the driveway at the home he shares with his wife, the city’s former code enforcement officer.
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Customer crashes SUV into Amato’s in South Portland
The pizza-and-sandwich shop was closed Saturday after a woman accidentally drove into the glass entryway.
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Armed with smartphones, volunteers track Casco Bay king tides as harbingers of sea-level rise
Friends of Casco Bay has more than 80 ‘water reporters’ uploading photos and observations of pollution, acidification and other problems.