Campaign signs expose a deep divide and differing views on a proposed $47.1 million school budget for a school year that’s already underway.
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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Roller coaster’s last days in Old Orchard Beach herald a larger ride to come
The Galaxy at Palace Playland will be replaced in a $4 million expansion that features the Italian-made Sea Viper.
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Federal judge validates pipeline’s plan to reverse flow to South Portland
Judge John Woodcock Jr.’s decision is not the final ruling, but it deals a blow to the city’s efforts to defend its Clear Skies ordinance against a lawsuit by Portland Pipe Line Corp.
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Fatal Aug. 4 turnpike crash remains under investigation
No charges have been filed against the driver whose tractor-trailer went off I-95, killing a Texas man.
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Cumberland fire chief suspended for paying extra, doctoring records for hard-to-fill shifts
Faced with a staffing shortage, Daniel Small admits he failed to get permission to hire paramedics at ‘double time,’ then falsified payroll forms.
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Mainers look skyward (with eye protection!) to see eclipse
Gatherings take place in multiple communities to share the rare solar event.
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Pipeline could bring 100,000 barrels of Canadian crude to South Portland daily, company tells court
The city’s attorneys challenge Portland Pipe Line Corp.’s testimony in a federal lawsuit, but Judge John Woodcock Jr. allows it.
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South Portland gets grant to study major municipal pier expansion
City staff will work with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to produce a needs assessment and economic analysis for what could be a multimillion-dollar project.
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Family of missing 80-year-old sailor from Massachusetts hoping for a ‘miracle’
A 33-foot sailboat piloted by Richard Pratt, an experienced seaman who built his own vessels, was found unmanned Thursday off the coast of Cape Elizabeth.
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Maine Turnpike crash in Saco snarls traffic for hours
The collision of an RV and a tractor-trailer, on one of the year’s busiest travel days, backs up the turnpike for as much as 11 miles and triggers traffic jams on local roads throughout the area.