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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PublishedJanuary 14, 2015
Panel at immigration forum agrees: Maine needs newcomers
Portland Mayor Michael Brennan says the state must welcome immigrants to beef up its aging workforce.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2015
Maine volunteers haven’t given up on Haiti
Progress is slow, but there’s reason for hope at Portland-based Konbit Sante five years after the country was devastated by an earthquake.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2015
Embattled Portland landlord allowed to evict 10 tenants
Meanwhile, Gregory Nisbet is sued by the parents of a Noyes Street fire victim.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2015
Off and running, Mainers strengthen their resolve at the gym
Many start the new year with a commitment to staying or getting fit, making Planet Fitness in Portland a busy place.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2015
Scarborough Land Trust preserves ‘amazing’ 135 acres
Conservationists finalize a deal for the Benjamin Farm property, a project 15 years in the works.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2014
No snow in southern Maine is rough on entire state
The Maine Snowmobile Association still plans to hold its ‘Behave Yourself’ news conference in Augusta Monday.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2014
Windham and Raymond students return to school after shutdown
Families, staff and students seem glad to ‘return to some sense of normalcy.’
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PublishedDecember 17, 2014
New South Berwick apartment complex to promote aging in place
The 28-unit project is being touted as a model for other Maine communities across the state.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2014
Mercy or murder? Deaths in Gouldsboro yield no easy answer
The story of Ray and Ginger Hutchins, a fiercely independent couple who struggled with pain and other health care issues as they aged, ended in a desperate act. Advocates for the elderly say there has to be a better way.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2014
Engineers will visit Cape Elizabeth’s transfer station to assess safety
The assessment comes in the wake of a former public works director’s death. Herbert Dennison, 79, was fatally injured there last week.
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