Dale Olmstead’s replacement, Peter Joseph, former town manager of Lincoln, N.H., started last month.
Kelley Bouchard
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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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Yarmouth Water District to pay fine for razing historic house
North Yarmouth agrees to accept $32,688 – the cost of a penalty plus legal fees.
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Falmouth chamber fights Route 1 footprint limit
The Town Council is set to vote Oct. 22 on zoning that’s designed to block additional big-box stores and promote a village atmosphere.
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Freeport Town Council: Fields a key issue in battle for seat
The District 4 challenger says the council doesn’t seek enough public input, but the chairman insists efforts have been made.
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Yesterday’s News
The paper you’re holding today traces its ancestry back to the time of Lincoln and the Civil War.
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Falmouth considers 50,000-square-foot businesses on Rt. 1
The new cap would still block big-box stores, but allow developers “enough flexibility to attract businesses that fit the character of Falmouth,” a town councilor says.
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‘Live! Wife Carrying! With Kelly & Michael’ next year?
The annual wife-carrying contest at the Sunday River ski area in Maine may have a couple of celebrity contestants next year.
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Memorial bench installed to honor late Yarmouth leader
The curved granite seat remembers Erv Bickford as a “civic leader, community builder, visionary, friend.”
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Alzheimer’s care complex to be built in Westbrook
The 60-unit, $14.5 million project is a joint venture of the Sandy River Co. of Portland and Northbridge Companies of Burlington, Mass.
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Portland seeks perfect tree for Monument Square
The evergreen should be about 40 to 60 feet tall and well shaped so it can be decorated with hundreds of LED lights in time for the Nov. 23 ceremony.