Registration for Dr. Diane Meier’s talk is closed, but Hospice of Southern Maine will show a video of her presentation at six community forums in the coming months.
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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Zoning change sought to redevelop former church in South Portland
Kerry Anderson of KDA Development in Scarborough wants to convert the former St. John the Evangelist Church into a commercial use and its adjacent parochial school into apartments.
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Cape Elizabeth to restart school superintendent search
The second and last finalist also withdrew from consideration after visiting the town’s schools on Wednesday.
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South Portland students see hub of Maine’s shipping economy up close
More than 200 fifth-graders tour the International Marine Terminal in Portland as part of new educational program.
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Cape Elizabeth’s proposed school budget rises 3.2 percent
The Town Council will also consider a municipal budget hike of 3.8 percent and hear from the public on May 9.
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South Portland takes more time to decide on pesticide ban
The City Council postpones final action on the draft ordinance so the measure can be reviewed again in a workshop.
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Scarborough chooses new school superintendent
Julie Kukenberger is assistant superintendent in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
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Neighboring Maine towns share same superintendent finalist
As both school boards search for a new leader, one of Cape Elizabeth’s two contenders is also on the short list in nearby Scarborough.
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Portland proposal to raise age for buying tobacco moves to council
The goal is to reduce the access that some teens have to highly addictive tobacco products.
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Police say alcohol, inexperience likely factors in fatal Cape Elizabeth crash
Authorities believe Cole Amorello was at a party where there was alcohol before the accident on Old Ocean House Road.