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.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
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.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Marijuana social clubs won’t open anytime soon in South Portland
City officials will forge ahead in developing less controversial licensing and zoning rules for marijuana growing, manufacturing, testing and retail operations.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State, News
Thatcher’s near the Maine Mall is set to close in April
Longtime restaurant owner Cynthia Boulay says she’s paring down her business holdings, and will close Thatcher’s on April 22 unless someone buys it.
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Oil pipeline seeks tax abatement in South Portland
South Portland’s Clear Skies restrictions on oil exports reduced the value of its property by 42%, the company says, so it wants an abatement.