The city will increase property tax assessments on land in neighborhoods near the water to meet a legal requirement for fair assessments based on market values.
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.
Work starts Monday on new Maine Turnpike toll plaza in Scarborough
The wider plaza will allow E-ZPass drivers to cruise through at highway speed.
Electrical fire destroys vacant South Portland restaurant
Firefighters battled the blaze at the former Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse for more than two hours.
Some Mainers get in line for passports just as processing times grow
Application offices are seeing increased activity, as people look to avoid travel problems in 2018 if the state is still out of ‘Real ID’ compliance.
South Portland loses bid to have Maine Municipal Association pay legal fees in pipeline lawsuit
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court finds that the pipeline company’s claim of lost property rights lets Maine Municipal Association members off the hook.
Massachusetts developer poised to buy Scarborough Downs for project that may include racetrack
A group of investors led by Thom Powers is interested in residential, commercial and recreational development on the nearly 500-acre parcel – but not a casino.
David Rockefeller, Acadia benefactor with deep ties to Maine, remembered for conservation efforts
The former bank CEO, who died Monday, donated and helped preserve other coastal lands for the public to enjoy ‘for generations,’ including 1,000 acres next to Acadia.
SMCC trains immigrants with medical backgrounds to be EMTs
The new program, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to meet a growing need for multilingual emergency medical technicians.
Scarborough High team is heading for the U.S. Academic Decathlon
After winning the state meet, the students are raising money to attend the national competition in Wisconsin.
South Portland struggles with identity as city’s population evolves
It’s becoming known as a progressive mecca, but some residents yearn for a bygone era seen as friendlier to industry and the working class.