Residents want answers about emissions from petroleum tank farms, but state environmental officials say definitive results won’t be available for 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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine’s renewable energy subsidy program seeks support in South Portland
Maine Green Power targets the city as the next area to expand the state’s effort to subsidize renewable energy generation.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
South Portland middle school project calls for $12.3 million in local funding
The $71.6 million project would include rooftop solar panels, additional music program space and other features beyond the $59.3 million to be funded by the state.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Watch: Humorous ‘Duckasaurus’ video has serious message in South Portland
The public service announcement is a humorous take on 1950s sci-fi monster movies, but its goal is to promote a new ban on feeding waterfowl and gulls.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
It’s Maine’s 200th anniversary of statehood, and the party begins
Gov. Janet Mills visits Portland and 3 other communities via helicopter to launch a 15-month celebration of Maine’s bicentennial.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
South Portland plans crackdown on short-term-rental scofflaws
The city is poised to send a letter threatening fines and possible court action if operators don’t comply with regulations approved by voters.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
State admits it was wrong to resist federal crackdown on oil tank pollution
From 2011 to this year, the Maine DEP sided with oil companies and ignored Environmental Protection Agency attempts to rein in hazardous emissions from tanks in South Portland and Searsport.
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Scarborough planners approve business park at The Downs
Once completed, the Innovation District will be valued at more than $100 million, according to local businessmen who are redeveloping the 525-acre horse-racing property.
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Global oil terminal in South Portland violated air-quality standards again, state says
The Department of Environmental Protection informed city officials, as required by a law passed after a lawsuit accused Global Partners of violating the Clean Air Act for several years.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Judge backs the town in Cape Elizabeth waterfront street fight
Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy rules that several residents of Pilot Point Road failed to prove they own an undeveloped street that runs between their homes and Broad Cove.