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 17, 2016
Thanks to DNA ancestry project, Mainers with Irish ties find family
A giant archive overseen by a Portland group twins traditional and genetic genealogy to help trace family trees and connect relatives.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2016
Changing attitudes, influence of social media forged Waynflete’s response to suicides
The head of the private school in Portland says it tried to strike a balance ‘between destigmatizing suicide and making sure we’re protecting the privacy of the people involved.’
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PublishedMarch 16, 2016
Junior is second Waynflete student to die by suicide this school year
For the second time in five months, the private school in Portland posts an unusually open and poignant message about one of its students taking her life.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2016
South Portland school budget proposal up 3.7 percent
Superintendent Ken Kunin presents a $47.8 million spending proposal that would add 31 cents to the property tax rate.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2016
South Portland police step up minority recruitment, outreach
Department officials hope that building stronger relationships with minority and immigrant communities will help expand the applicant pool and increase diversity in the mostly white, male department.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2016
South Portland council makes part of Knightville street two-way again
Some business owners fight the change, which will turn some angled parking into fewer parallel spaces.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2016
South Portland Council’s decision on appointment raises diversity issue
City Councilor Brad Fox fails in an effort to have an African-American woman appointed to the city’s Civil Service Commission.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2016
South Portland to consider pesticides ordinance
The partial ban of synthetic pesticides would apply to city-owned and private lawns, gardens and sidewalks, but it would exclude commercial agriculture, golf courses and other home uses.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2016
Bag fee, plastic foam ban take effect Tuesday in South Portland
The City Council approved the ordinances unanimously last September.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2016
Cape Elizabeth student’s photo wins contest, will hang at U.S. Capitol
The black-and-white photo of a grizzled farmer in Friendship took top honors for Maine’s 1st District.
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