DEP chief Gerald Reid says he’ll help the city establish an air quality monitoring program but resources are limited after eight years of ‘starvation’ under former Gov. Paul LePage.
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 inAnimals, Local & State, News, Outdoors
Annual frog migration brings out amphibian fans in Cumberland
Volunteers came Sunday to help frogs and salamanders cross Range Road, but the most movement likely happened after midnight, when the human visitors were gone.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
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.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
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.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, New England, News
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.