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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PublishedMarch 29, 2017
South Portland loses bid to have Maine Municipal Association pay legal fees in pipeline lawsuit
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court finds that the pipeline company’s claim of lost property rights lets Maine Municipal Association members off the hook.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2017
South Portland’s 2017-18 budget proposal calls for $1.6 million more in taxes
New City Manager Scott Morelli says low tax increases put South Portland ahead of most other service center communities in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2017
Massachusetts developer poised to buy Scarborough Downs for project that may include racetrack
A group of investors led by Thom Powers is interested in residential, commercial and recreational development on the nearly 500-acre parcel – but not a casino.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2017
Elementary schools now factoring into South Portland middle school project
Officials may try to address needs at other buildings as part of the work, including one scenario that calls for sending fifth-graders to a consolidated middle school if one is built.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2017
South Portland asks pipeline company for data to back up tax abatement request
City Assessor Jim Thomas is seeking dozens of documents to support Portland Pipe Line Corp.’s claim that its properties are ‘substantially overvalued.’
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PublishedMarch 21, 2017
Group backing South Portland’s Clear Skies ordinance gives city $10,000
Protect South Portland says it has raised more than $11,000 to help the city with a court case that has already cost it more than $1 million.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2017
David Rockefeller, Acadia benefactor with deep ties to Maine, remembered for conservation efforts
The former bank CEO, who died Monday, donated and helped preserve other coastal lands for the public to enjoy ‘for generations,’ including 1,000 acres next to Acadia.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2017
SMCC trains immigrants with medical backgrounds to be EMTs
The new program, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to meet a growing need for multilingual emergency medical technicians.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Scarborough High team is heading for the U.S. Academic Decathlon
After winning the state meet, the students are raising money to attend the national competition in Wisconsin.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Amateur photographer captured South Portland pipeline history in 1941
The Etta Gregory Watts Collection at the South Portland Historical Society provides rare glimpses of the World War II era.
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