The small but caring congregation at the landmark in Deering Center needs to raise up to $1.5 million for critical restorations.
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.
Scarborough increases clamming licenses despite protests
The Town Council adds four commercial digging permits over the objections of shellfish commission leaders.
A Bath-built schooner is coming home for good, 110 years later
The two-masted Mary E was built in 1906 and is going to the Maine Maritime Museum to complete an ongoing restoration for public exhibit.
Gray man dies in snowmobile accident in Windham
The crash brings the first snowmobile fatality of the 2016-17 winter season.
Phippsburg man arrested after seven-hour standoff
Ruben Foster threatened to kill two family members on New Year’s Day, police say.
Credit union donates $100,000 to fill gap in South Portland-to-Kittery trail
The gift from Town & Country Federal Credit Union will be used to complete a 1.6-mile gap in the Eastern Trail as it runs through Scarborough.
Online series captures voices and views from Portland’s working waterfront
‘Wharfside’ is a collection of a dozen audio slide shows sponsored by the Waterfront Alliance and the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership.
Cape Elizabeth considers shopping bag fee, plastic foam container ban
The proposals mirror ordinances in effect in Portland and South Portland.
Maine Audubon exec resigns after less than a year on the job
Ole Amundsen III has decided to leave the Falmouth-based environmental group in January, saying it’s ‘the right move.’
South Portland city councilor hospitalized following heart attack
City Councilor Brad Fox had experienced intermittent chest pains for the last two weeks and is awaiting surgery at Maine Medical Center.