Kelley Bouchard is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald who writes about tourism, transportation, agriculture, supermarkets, forest industries, sustainability, minority-owned businesses and other subjects. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, immigration, history, human rights, aging issues, 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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PublishedApril 7, 2019
EPA lawsuit over South Portland oil tanks raises neighborhood fears
Disagreement between federal and state regulators leaves people who live near petroleum tanks in South Portland feeling violated and poisoned.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
While oil company denies violation, South Portland residents air fears over pollution lawsuit
Many question why city officials weren’t notified that Global Partners LP has been violating the Clean Air Act for years, even as city attorneys say the state disputes the EPA findings.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
South Portland council to hold public discussion of EPA lawsuit against petroleum company
Mayor Claude Morgan said city officials want to host a transparent review of the federal agency’s lawsuit and proposed settlement with Global Partners LP.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
EPA surprised South Portland with emissions lawsuit against petroleum facility
City officials question why the Environmental Protection Agency didn’t tell them that Global Partners has been violating the federal Clean Air Act for more than a decade.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
EPA: South Portland oil storage facility violated Clean Air Act, agrees to settlement
Global Partners LP will be fined and take steps to reduce hazardous emissions near the Pleasantdale neighborhood, the agency says.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Neighbors poised to fight skate park in South Portland
An advisory committee has ranked Legere Park as the No. 1 site for a skate park, but some Knightville neighbors say it’s the wrong location.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2019
South Portland raises a red flag over dog waste problem at Hinckley Park
As snow turns to mud, a park ranger runs out of flags – orange, not quite red – highlighting the volume of dog feces at one of the city’s most popular dog-walking spots.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2019
New Hampshire couple shot to death had Maine ties
An 11-year-old boy is charged with shooting James and Lizette Eckert inside a home in Alton, New Hampshire.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2019
Portland diocese celebrates cathedral’s 150th year
The soaring Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Cumberland Avenue is the spiritual home for about 220,000 Roman Catholics in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2019
South Portland middle school student who made threats will return to classes
The 14-year-old boy, who was charged with misdemeanor terrorizing last week, ‘is not a threat’ to the school community in South Portland.
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