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, 2013
Mercy, Eastern Maine hospital groups closer to merger
The two hospital groups will now seek state, federal and Vatican approvals.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2013
MaineCare budget cuts loom over thousands
An estimated 20,000 will be affected by federally approved eligibility changes. Many expect to struggle to get health care and make ends meet.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2013
Turns out there IS a doctor in the House
Well, three, actually, and another in the state Senate. Together with other medical professionals, they make up a powerful bloc as Maine confronts its health care future.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2012
Litchfield same-sex couple disappointed that town staffers didn’t perform marriage ceremony
A gay couple were disappointed Monday morning when they asked to be married at the Litchfield Town Office and were turned away, though the town clerk and deputy town clerk are authorized to perform weddings.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2012
More than 40 gay couples licensed to wed in Maine
In communities all over the state, same-sex couples obtain licenses to stand for the first time before their friends and family and be able to say: ‘We’re married!’
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PublishedDecember 28, 2012
44 couples obtain marriage licenses
The legal barrier dismantled by November’s vote, same-sex couples line up to make “it official.”
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PublishedDecember 21, 2012
More than 56,000 Mainers lose power from storm
A powerful wind- and rainstorm pounded coastal and inland areas of Maine on Friday, knocking down trees and power lines and causing chaos.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2012
Maine’s debt to hospitals approaches $500 million
Hospitals are urging the state to begin making overdue Medicaid payments so they can also collect the much bigger federal match.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2012
Maine hospitals push to get $484 million in overdue MaineCare payments
‘The state needs to pay up,’ says Gov. LePage
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PublishedDecember 6, 2012
Ten apply for job as Maine’s health exchange coordinator
The new hire will help agencies with the federal version of a state exchange Gov. LePage opposes.
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