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.
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’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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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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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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
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.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, Politics
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.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State
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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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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South Portland school budget calls for 4.7 percent tax increase
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide on a proposed $50.3 million school budget for 2018-19.