The graffiti focuses on the controversy over the capacity of the planned shelter that’s before the City Council.
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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SMCC to offer skills training to STRIVE U students
Southern Maine Community College will provide programming designed to expand job opportunities for young people with intellectual disabilities.
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Seven-hour standoff in Shapleigh ends with domestic violence arrest
Richard Dunin-Wilczynski, 59, barricaded himself in a bathroom with a knife and threatened to kill himself and police, the York County Sheriff says.
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Record-setting rainfall swells rivers, floods roads across southern Maine
A total of 3.37 inches is recorded at Portland International Jetport, breaking the previous Dec. 14 record of 1.74 inches, set in 1917.
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The Downs developers deliver cost estimate for Scarborough community center
The facility that would be built at the harness track property would cost the town $2.3 million per year to lease for 30 years.
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Scarborough teachers rally over stalled contract talks
They have been working without a contract since Aug. 31 and their union will soon enter fact-finding negotiations with the school board.
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Avesta aims to expand affordable housing project in South Portland
The second phase of an innovative project would help fulfill the city’s planning goals for the West End, but barely dent the growing need for affordable housing statewide.
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As South Portland’s new mayor, Kate Lewis plans to build relationships, make a difference
After two years on the City Council, Lewis says, ‘We’re all pulling on the same oars … we’re all heading in the same general direction.’
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Early findings prompt DEP to study South Portland’s air quality more closely
Maine’s environmental agency plans a first-of-its-kind community air monitoring program to identify point-in-time pollution sources.
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Store’s apparel rekindles team name controversy in Scarborough, 20 years after change
The school board changed the nickname to ‘Red Storm’ in 2000. Flaherty’s Family Farm store still sells fan gear carrying the old name, raising public concern.