They worry about the loss of open space and worsening drainage problems if Skip Lucarelli builds 36 units on land known for its historical use.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s 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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Judge approves settlement in EPA lawsuit over Global oil tanks in South Portland
U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby says the public’s objections to the settlement may be valid, but they weren’t enough to make him reject the deal.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, News
After 44 years, she reunites with her birth mother, halfway across the globe
Separated during Operation Babylift, Leigh Boughton Small travels from Scarborough to Vietnam looking for answers and a deeper understanding of herself and her anguished mom.
Posted inMaine, News
Controversy over Portland’s new shelter gets messy with vandalism at City Hall
The graffiti focuses on the controversy over the capacity of the planned shelter that’s before the City Council.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.