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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PublishedFebruary 23, 2016
Committee hears conflicting views on bill that aims to protect gun ranges in Maine
Supporters say more than 100 shooting ranges across the state are threatened by increasing development in rural areas, challenging their futures and Maine’s hunting heritage.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2016
South Portland council shows shift on disputed Knightville one-way
A proposed return to two-way traffic would replace 15 angled parking spaces on the west side of Ocean Street between D and E streets with nine parallel spaces.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2016
South Portland violates its own ordinance in Knightville one-way dispute
Nearly four years after South Portland officials allowed angled parking on Ocean Street to appease some businesses, neighbors find a city ordinance that says it’s illegal.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2016
South Portland council appoints De Angelis to post over member’s objection
Councilor Eben Rose had asked the former mayor to confirm that she wouldn’t run for the Legislature this year if he nominated her to the Civil Service Commission.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2016
Portland, South Portland forge ahead with tandem solar projects
The cities are in talks with ReVision Energy of Portland to build solar arrays on their former landfills.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2016
Cape Elizabeth gun club faces continuing opposition
Pressed by neighbors, the town will start charging property taxes just as proposed legislation seeks to block local efforts to limit or close sport shooting ranges.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2016
South Portland to have business signs at school athletic facilities
Superintendent Ken Kunin assures a divided school board that the signs for corporate sponsorship will be tasteful and eventually could raise ‘six figures’ for sports programs.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2016
Cape Elizabeth library reopens to positive reviews
The second attempt at a multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion follows a ‘more careful consideration of what the community needed and what would fit the character of the town center.’
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2016
Knightville panel backs plan for two-way traffic
The South Portland City Council will now review the downtown traffic and parking compromise.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2016
Cliff Islanders surprise ‘dear friend to all’ to fete him as he turns 80
Islanders make a fuss over their dependable, indispensable – and beloved – neighbor Chester Pettengill on his 80th birthday.
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