Jamie Creamer wipes away tears and declares ‘Now I feel awesome’ as the high school marching band plays outside his hospital window and a convoy of buses passes nearby.
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 mayor delivers inaugural address, promising to be team player
Linda Cohen also urges fellow councilors and school board members being sworn in to strive for the four C’s of good government: civility, common sense, compromise and collaboration.
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Maine’s Catholic bishop shocks parishioners with details of priest’s affair with employee
Bishop Robert Deeley informs church members in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland that retired Monsignor Michael Henchal is living with a former church administrator.
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Nearly 200 victims of the sinking of SS Portland are remembered
Many passengers and crew members who died in the 1898 disaster were Mainers, including 19 members of Portland’s Abyssinian congregation.
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Avesta Housing pitches 64-unit mixed-use project in West End of South Portland
The $13 million mixed-use building is being developed on the site of a popular neighborhood variety store known for its Vietnamese soups and sandwiches.
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South Portland joins battle against tree-killing winter moths
City officials are working on a plan to fight the invasive insect, while state entomologists plant cocoons of flies they hope will attack the moth caterpillars next spring.
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Piper Shores opens $14 million memory care and assisted-living facility
The new building in the retirement community between Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck includes 14 memory care units and 16 assisted living units.
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New tavern and condos could replace former Griffin Club in South Portland
Ginger Cote needs a zoning change that raises parking concerns before she can build Big Babe’s Tavern and five condominiums in the Knightville neighborhood.
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South Portland honors local companies for impact, resilience
Foulmouthed Brewing and Taco Trio are among five businesses to be recognized at the third annual South Portland Business Awards Reception.
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Merrie Allen
Helping is more than just a job for the director of a South Portland resource hub.