The Maine Department of Environmental Protection installs a fourth air quality monitoring station in a unique citywide program.
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 inFood & Dining, Recipes
Green tomatoes add zest to beef stew, address gardener’s dilemma
Wondering what to do with all those unripe tomatoes? Here’s one tasty, comforting answer.
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Maine astronaut Jessica Meir begins 6-month mission on International Space Station
Meir, a native of Caribou, is living her dream, participating in her first space mission.
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Summit on Maine’s aging population strikes new tone under Mills administration
Participants in the daylong annual conference on issues facing the oldest state note optimism and action that were missing under former Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Uncategorized
Terminal operator says it’s taking steps to clear the air in South Portland
CEO Eric Slifka says Global Partners wants to be ‘a good neighbor,’ as the company announces changes that exceed the mandates of a proposed consent decree targeting air pollution.
Posted inMaine, News
USM creates fellowship honoring Gerald Talbot, state’s first African-American lawmaker
The Talbot Fellow recognizes the life’s work of the longtime civic rights leader, who gathered an important black history collection that he gifted to the university.
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Gates upset fans of scenic Prouts Neck Cliff Walk, raise issue of access to waterfront
The Prouts Neck Association installs lockable gates on the renowned shoreline path, upsetting people who have long enjoyed free access and creating ‘potentially a very murky legal matter.’
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Mainers with ties to Bahamas worry about islanders as Dorian’s destruction is revealed
Several families from Maine and New Hampshire who spend the holidays together in the Abaco Islands say they want to help the recovery from Hurricane Dorian.
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Short-term rental operators in South Portland respond to threat of legal action
South Portland is among many communities worldwide, including Portland and Cape Elizabeth, wrestling with rentals listed on websites such as Airbnb and HomeAway.
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Short-term rental operators in South Portland respond to threat of legal action
The city is among many communities worldwide, including Portland and Cape Elizabeth, wrestling with rentals listed on websites such as Airbnb and HomeAway.