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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PublishedMay 3, 2016
South Portland considers zoning changes to promote, regulate solar arrays
If the City Council approves the amendments, the city will become a model for other Maine communities and join a growing number of U.S. cities that have taken similar steps.
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PublishedMay 3, 2016
Leading expert to speak at hospice conference in Portland
Registration for Dr. Diane Meier’s talk is closed, but Hospice of Southern Maine will show a video of her presentation at six community forums in the coming months.
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PublishedMay 2, 2016
Zoning change sought to redevelop former church in South Portland
Kerry Anderson of KDA Development in Scarborough wants to convert the former St. John the Evangelist Church into a commercial use and its adjacent parochial school into apartments.
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PublishedApril 29, 2016
Cape Elizabeth to restart school superintendent search
The second and last finalist also withdrew from consideration after visiting the town’s schools on Wednesday.
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PublishedApril 28, 2016
South Portland students see hub of Maine’s shipping economy up close
More than 200 fifth-graders tour the International Marine Terminal in Portland as part of new educational program.
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PublishedApril 22, 2016
Cape Elizabeth’s proposed school budget rises 3.2 percent
The Town Council will also consider a municipal budget hike of 3.8 percent and hear from the public on May 9.
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PublishedApril 20, 2016
South Portland takes more time to decide on pesticide ban
The City Council postpones final action on the draft ordinance so the measure can be reviewed again in a workshop.
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PublishedApril 15, 2016
Scarborough chooses new school superintendent
Julie Kukenberger is assistant superintendent in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
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PublishedApril 14, 2016
Neighboring Maine towns share same superintendent finalist
As both school boards search for a new leader, one of Cape Elizabeth’s two contenders is also on the short list in nearby Scarborough.
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PublishedApril 12, 2016
Portland proposal to raise age for buying tobacco moves to council
The goal is to reduce the access that some teens have to highly addictive tobacco products.
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