The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland’s tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
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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Ambassadors to bring expert insight on Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Maine
The World Affairs Council of Maine will host a panel discussion with three retired U.S. ambassadors who have deep experience in the Middle East.
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Future of Shaw’s Supermarkets unclear post Kroger-Albertsons merger
Albertsons owns 19 Shaw’s stores in Maine that are part of a pending $24.6 billion takeover by Kroger.
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Innovation in food packaging boosts Maine’s struggling forest industries
Tanbark Molded Fiber Products in Saco is making clamshell containers for Luke’s Lobster shacks with pulp from Maine trees, the latest reinvention of the state’s legacy industry.
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Fire at BIW to be investigated by federal agencies
The blaze that started outside a ship under construction at Bath Iron Works was quickly subdued, and one employee was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Maine’s summer tourist season was a mixed bag, with modest food and lodging gains
Visitor spending increased an estimated 1% to nearly $5.2 billion in the summer of 2023, the Maine Office of Tourism reports.
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Ecomaine gets $2 million grant to promote recycling among residents of multifamily homes
The EPA grant will fund educational outreach and expand access to single-stream recycling programs.
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Portland International Jetport’s parking plan upsets next-door neighbors
Residents of the Stroudwater neighborhood say a plan to add more than 700 parking spaces at Maine’s largest airport would increase their exposure to noise, light and air pollution.
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Maine’s first Costco set to open in one week
Costco opens next week in Scarborough, within a hub of commercial development.
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Westbrook couple sues over firings involving Frontier Airlines and a flight services company
Lexus Rodriguez and Jaylyn Romero say they were wrongfully fired, via the same text message, from their jobs at the Portland International Jetport in violation of Maine’s human rights and whistleblower protection laws.