The City Council will hold a fourth workshop on the controversial issue, breaking what one councilor says was a promise to ban Airbnb-style rentals that aren’t owner-occupied.
Kelley Bouchard
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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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Maine attorney general reviews Portland survey of HIV patients for privacy violations
The city shared its contact list for a survey of 229 former patients of India Street HIV health program without getting their permission.
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Ruling could cost Scarborough an additional $1.2 million to settle 4-year-old property tax dispute, lawyer says
Prouts Neck and Higgins Beach residents went to court after the town rejected tax abatement requests similar to those given other homeowners on abutting lots they own.
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Federal judge again denies South Portland’s plea to dismiss pipeline company’s lawsuit
The judge may rule next on the merits of Portland Pipe Line’s challenge to the city’s Clear Skies ordinance, which blocks the flow of Canadian crude oil to South Portland.
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Councilors will consider curbing short-term rentals in South Portland
Some residents say short-term rentals are driving up home prices, turning houses into hotels and changing the character of their neighborhoods.
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South Portland school bus driver battling cancer gets an uplifting surprise
Jamie Creamer wipes away tears and declares ‘Now I feel awesome’ as the high school marching band plays outside his hospital window and a convoy of buses passes nearby.
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Maine’s Catholic bishop shocks parishioners with details of priest’s affair with employee
Bishop Robert Deeley informs church members in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland that retired Monsignor Michael Henchal is living with a former church administrator.
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Nearly 200 victims of the sinking of SS Portland are remembered
Many passengers and crew members who died in the 1898 disaster were Mainers, including 19 members of Portland’s Abyssinian congregation.
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Avesta Housing pitches 64-unit mixed-use project in West End of South Portland
The $13 million mixed-use building is being developed on the site of a popular neighborhood variety store known for its Vietnamese soups and sandwiches.
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South Portland joins battle against tree-killing winter moths
City officials are working on a plan to fight the invasive insect, while state entomologists plant cocoons of flies they hope will attack the moth caterpillars next spring.