Because of residents’ oppositions, the Town Council rejected a zoning change that would have allowed a new indoor-outdoor soccer complex near Hedgehog Mountain.
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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Freeport residents pack Seacoast hearing
Testimony so far is overwhelmingly against the soccer club’s request for a zoning change needed to build an indoor-outdoor field complex in a rural residential district.
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Falmouth fights more lake access by public
At the same time, councilors vote to ask the state to continue stocking Highland Lake with cold-water game fish.
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Falmouth to revisit waterfront view rule
Amid permit battles, the town weighs zoning specifically meant to shield private water views.
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Students learn history, science of pickles
Pickles and pickled foods generated a surprising amount of excitement at the University of Maine’s learning center in Falmouth on Wednesday.
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Plan would eliminate one lane on Route 1 in Yarmouth
The change also anticipates the state’s plan to add a northbound on-ramp at Exit 15 of I-295, possibly as early as 2013.
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Occupants escape house fire in Limington
Firefighters from several towns are called because many volunteers were unavailable on the holiday.
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Fire damages historic State Street house
Two tenants are taken to Maine Medical Center for treatment of unspecified injuries.
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Fire destroys Limington home
Firefighters had to pump water from a nearby bog to fight the flames because the home is in a remote part of town.
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Lakeside dwellers oppose bigger-boat access
Falmouth’s council appears likely to vote down a proposal to expand the launch site at Highland Lake, but blocking access will lead to the state not restocking the popular fishing spot.