The new building in the retirement community between Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck includes 14 memory care units and 16 assisted living units.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
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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New tavern and condos could replace former Griffin Club in South Portland
Ginger Cote needs a zoning change that raises parking concerns before she can build Big Babe’s Tavern and five condominiums in the Knightville neighborhood.
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South Portland urges federal judge to halt company’s lawsuit over oil pipeline
The city is fighting to defend an ordinance that effectively blocks future use of an underground pipeline to export Canadian oil through the city’s waterfront.
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Once-vibrant VFW post in South Portland closes as membership dwindles
The veterans group that was once one of the largest in New England leaves its longtime home, the victim of cash woes, social trends and technology, and is borrowing space from the American Legion.
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Cape Elizabeth steps up fight against winter moth devastation
Volunteers set out to band more than 150 trees in Fort Williams Park and Robinson Woods over the weekend.
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Cape Elizabeth becomes latest town to adopt bag fee, ban foam containers
The Town Council approves ordinances similar to regulations in South Portland, Portland, Falmouth, Freeport and other Maine communities.
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Several Maine dental offices will offer free services Friday
Dentists in Falmouth, Lisbon Falls, Portland, Scarborough and Skowhegan will participate in the ninth annual Dentists Who Care for ME event.
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Perfect storm of factors took unexpectedly destructive toll on Maine’s trees
Arborists cite wind strength and direction, as well the facts that many trees were harmed by the drought and still had leaves.
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In acclaimed new memoir, Sarah Perry confronts the crime that ended her mother’s life
At 12 years old, Sarah Perry found her mother brutally slain at their Bridgton home. She was faced with a choice – shut down or seek to understand what happened.
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Months of little rain put Maine woods at high risk for wildfires
The Maine Forest Service says more than half the state is under threat of wildfires.