The Prouts Neck Association installs lockable gates on the renowned shoreline path, upsetting people who have long enjoyed free access and creating โpotentially a very murky legal matter.โ
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the stateโs leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, 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, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Short-term rental operators in South Portland respond to threat of legal action
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Short-term rental operators in South Portland respond to threat of legal action
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SMCC marine studies program to benefit from $20 million federal grant
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MDI man who went missing Saturday morning located in Presque Isle
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Fire damages kiln at newly reopened Old Town pulp mill
Two firefighters suffer minor injuries battling the second blaze reported at the Nine Dragons Paper mill this summer.
Maine’s renewable energy subsidy program seeks supporters in South Portland
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