City officials are concerned about potential public health, environmental and visual impacts of a Central Maine Power Co. plan to expand the waterfront substation.
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 moves forward with $1.2 million plan for bigger, better Portland Street Pier
City councilors opt for the least expensive of four redevelopment options to better support commercial fishing and aquaculture at the city-owned pier.
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Maine’s Djiboutian community celebrates culture in Lewiston
Maine’s small but growing Djiboutian population marks the 41st anniversary of Djibouti’s independence from France.
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Bowdoin graduates are behind $20 million Facebook fundraiser for immigrants
Charlotte and Dave Willner started the viral effort after seeing a photo of a crying child who reminded them of their own daughter.
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Scarborough names interim high school principal after months of turmoil
Susan Ketch, an assistant principal at the high school, will replace David Creech in the post for the 2018-19 school year.
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Police blame alcohol in New Gloucester crash that injured 2
A Jeep driven by a Skowhegan woman hit a utility pole and several trees along Route 26, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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Maine’s U.S. House members respond to Trump’s latest tweets on immigration
While Rep. Bruce Poliquin notes the U.S. is a ‘nation of laws,’ Rep. Chellie Pingree says the president’s lack of understanding ‘is just shocking.’
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Door-to-door scam seeks customers for Electricity Maine, affidavit says
Bath, Norway and Paris residents report people posing as Central Maine Power Co. employees but working for Electricity Maine.
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Body found in Penobscot River in Bangor
It has been recovered and will be brought to the state medical examiner’s office to be identified, police say.
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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.