Communities around Maine open cooling centers as surging ground-level ozone pollution is made worse by smoke from 100 wildfires raging across the western United States.
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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South Portland bucks trend on medical marijuana growers, retail shops
While other Maine municipalities delay decisions on allowing more businesses, the city is set to vote on welcoming them, with restrictions.
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Firefighters in southern Maine mourn the death of a respected colleague in predawn crash
Lt. Harry Weymouth, 46, who police say may have fallen asleep while driving, is remembered as a versatile and unassuming mentor who led by example.
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Closing time comes for Three Dollar Deweys, a pioneer in Maine’s craft beer scene
The owners suddenly shut down the ale house that had an unprecedented number of craft beers on tap when it opened in Portland.
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Woman dies in head-on crash on Cape Road in Raymond
Dioni Javiera Araya Arriagada, 30, veered into oncoming traffic and drove into a large pickup truck, sheriff’s initial investigation shows.
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On Broadway, traffic frustrates as South Portland pursues solutions
A planned new middle school off the major artery calls attention to longstanding congestion, but what if more students walked or rode the bus?
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First Parish in Portland wrestles with a founding pastor’s tainted past
The Rev. Thomas Smith, who owned slaves and profited from Indian scalp bounties, is recognized on two plaques that church members are considering ways to address.
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Ecomaine paper, plastic recycling is jeopardized by everything from old sneakers to lobster shells
After global disruptions in the marketplace last fall, so-called ‘wish-cycling’ has driven up municipal waste disposal fees.
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South Portland faces second challenge to short-term rental rules
Resident Michael Frabotta has taken out a petition calling for the City Council to repeal or send to referendum the retooled ordinances approved this week for Airbnb-style rentals.
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South Portland residents balk at CMP plan to expand substation
City officials urge Central Maine Power Co. representatives to move the substation and consider non-transmission alternatives.