Kelley Bouchard writes about what’s happening in Maine and beyond, with a focus on South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and other communities in Cumberland County. Her interests include housing, immigration, human rights, history, aging issues, sustainability, the environment and the untold story. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. Before joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1998, she was a reporter for 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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PublishedJune 20, 2018
Oil pipeline and prospect of expansion hold back development, South Portland official testifies
In the federal trial challenging the city’s ‘Clear Skies’ ordinance, Planning Director Tex Haeuser says South Portland’s plan for future development envisions a very different waterfront.
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PublishedJune 19, 2018
Two South Portland motels will stay open under agreement approved by council
The City Council is expected to ensure that other hotels and motels operate under the same rules that the Maine Motel and the Knights Inn agreed to follow.
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PublishedJune 18, 2018
South Portland’s ‘Clear Skies’ ordinance clouds pipeline company’s future, CEO says as trial begins
Portland Pipe Line Corp. and the city go to federal court in a trial that’s likely to be closely watched by the energy sector and others dealing with interstate commerce.
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PublishedJune 18, 2018
As oil pipeline trial begins, South Portland banks on ‘foie gras’ defense
The federal case hinges on whether the city’s ‘Clear Skies’ ordinance violates congressional control of interstate and foreign commerce.
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PublishedJune 14, 2018
Two South Portland apartment projects win planning approvals
The Residences at Clark’s Pond and Thornton Heights Commons would add a total of 298 apartments to Greater Portland’s tight and increasingly costly rental market.
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PublishedJune 13, 2018
South Portland straw vote shows solid support for new middle school site
The $50 million school would consolidate two middle schools on the site of Memorial Middle School.
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PublishedJune 13, 2018
Gale leads Democratic race for Cumberland County DA nomination
Democrats Jon Gale, Seth Levy and Frayla Tarpinian hope to replace longtime, outgoing Cumberland County DA Stephanie Anderson.
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PublishedJune 12, 2018
Gale leads Democratic race for Cumberland County DA nomination
Democrats Jon Gale, Seth Levy and Frayla Tarpinian hope to replace longtime, outgoing Cumberland County DA Stephanie Anderson.
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PublishedJune 12, 2018
Scarborough voters narrowly approve school budget
The town had rejected proposed school budgets multiple times in recent years, but supporters won Tuesday.
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PublishedJune 11, 2018
Maine begins putting ‘non-binary’ on driver’s licenses for those not ‘F’ or ‘M’
It becomes the third state to offer the designation, after Ian-Meredythe Dehne Lindsey of South Portland, who identifies as neither female or male, filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission.
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