Kelley Bouchard writes about what’s happening in Maine and beyond, with a focus on South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and other communities in Cumberland County. Her interests include housing, immigration, human rights, history, aging issues, sustainability, the environment and the untold story. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. Before joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1998, she was a reporter for 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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PublishedAugust 28, 2019
Microchip returns ailing cat to its grateful family after a 10-year absence
Miss Kitty was reunited with her family in Topsham after a mysterious adventure, but efforts to save the beloved calico ultimately failed, leaving them grieving.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
Scarborough homeowners balk at first townwide revaluation in 14 years
Hundreds of Scarborough residents are reeling after the first comprehensive property revaluation since 2005 results in big increases.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2019
SMCC marine studies program to benefit from $20 million federal grant
Students at Southern Maine Community College will use environmental DNA to monitor aquatic life in Casco Bay in a revolutionary new way.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2019
MDI man who went missing Saturday morning located in Presque Isle
Thornton Jenkins, 86, headed out to run some errands in his 2003 gray Ford Explorer and was due home at noon.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2019
Fire damages kiln at newly reopened Old Town pulp mill
Two firefighters suffer minor injuries battling the second blaze reported at the Nine Dragons Paper mill this summer.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Maine’s renewable energy subsidy program seeks supporters in South Portland
Maine Green Power targets the city as the next area to expand the state’s effort to subsidize renewable energy generation.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2019
Watch: Humorous ‘Duckasaurus’ video has serious message in South Portland
The public service announcement is a humorous take on 1950s sci-fi monster movies, but its goal is to promote a new ban on feeding waterfowl and gulls.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2019
It’s Maine’s 200th anniversary of statehood, and the party begins
Gov. Janet Mills visits Portland and 3 other communities via helicopter to launch a 15-month celebration of Maine’s bicentennial.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
South Portland plans crackdown on short-term-rental scofflaws
Eight months after voters approved rules for rentals promoted on websites such as Airbnb and HomeAway, city officials are preparing to take action against 62 operators who appear to be breaking the law.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
State admits it was wrong to resist federal crackdown on oil tank pollution
From 2011 to this year, the Maine DEP sided with oil companies and ignored Environmental Protection Agency attempts to rein in hazardous emissions from tanks in South Portland and Searsport.
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