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 13, 2016
South Portland to expand job description for new city manager
A four-page proposal provides much more detailed information about the position’s expected qualifications, abilities, powers, duties and physical demands.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2016
Forum in Cape Elizabeth aims to ease tension over hunting in town
Only bow hunting is widely allowed in a town with about 45 square miles of woods, fields and salt marshes.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2016
South Portland to get state funds for new or renovated middle school
The project’s cost, design and location will be determined with public input as the city weighs how to address major deficiencies at two schools for grades 6 through 8.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2016
South Portland’s proposed pesticide ban could be more of a suggestion
The new, penalty-free version would rely on education to bring violators into compliance with a proposed ban on certain lawn-and-garden pesticides.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2016
South Portland wants to hear from public in city manager search
The City Council must replace Jim Gailey, who was city manager for nine years before resigning in July to become assistant manager of Cumberland County.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2016
South Portland council to consider one-way dispute again
Petitioners hoping to reverse the council’s recent decision to restore two-way traffic on Ocean Street fall short in a signature drive.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2016
South Portland planners back Mill Creek zoning changes, reject utility monitoring
A majority of Planning Board members voted against proposed utility benchmarking, saying it would be an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2016
For suspect in Cape Elizabeth arson, a strange odyssey came first
Melanie Vangel, a former Dartmouth soccer player who also played for Cape Elizabeth High School, is now homeless and was recently charged with stealing a dog in Vermont.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2016
South Portland moves ahead with solar proposal on former landfill
City officials have worked with counterparts in Portland to negotiate a favorable deal with ReVision Energy to build 660 kilowatt solar arrays atop each city’s capped landfill.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2016
African-American parents say ‘The Talk’ is a life-and-death matter
The conversation that many black parents have with their children about interacting with the police has taken on a new urgency.
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