Linda Cohen hopes to improve relations between the Maine Municipal Association and Gov. Paul LePage, who have wrangled over taxes and government policy.
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.
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South Portland reacts as company kills cross-Canada pipeline plan
The city’s attorneys move to halt the Portland Pipe Line Corp. lawsuit as they review how TransCanada’s decision to kill the Energy East project might affect an existing pipeline from South Portland to Montreal.
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Cape Elizabeth to seek legal opinion in waterfront access dispute
The Town Council plans an executive session with the town’s attorney to clarify legal options in accepting or giving up rights to old paper streets.
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Waterfront access dispute divides Cape Elizabeth enclave
Residents of the Shore Acres subdivision are fighting waterfront neighbors who want to prevent the public from hiking past their seaside homes.
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Mainer who was stranded in St. Thomas returns home
Brooke Quinn Dunphey of Wells had gone to work in the school system there, but then two hurricanes struck.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
New Hampshire man, 53, shot dead at Saco residence
The shooting was reported by the tenant who fired the gun, and he was not taken into custody, Maine State Police say.
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Greater Portland Landmarks raises alarm for 7 imperiled historical properties
The list includes the current home of U-Haul in Portland and buildings in South Portland and Cape Elizabeth.
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South Portland lands on magazine’s list of 100 Best Places to Live in U.S. for 2017
Money magazine chooses the city for its relative affordability, projected job growth and high graduation rate, among other characteristics.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Eight students treated after being stung by insects on trail near South Portland school
Two of the students at Memorial Middle School are transported to Maine Medical Center after being stung by insects nesting in the ground.
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Scarborough seeks state review after glitch in school budget vote count
An additional 420 ballots found Wednesday morning didn’t change the referendum results, which finally approved a $47.1 million school budget for 2017-18.