Kelley Bouchard

Staff Writer

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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Published
June 7, 2015

Grace Fan, Falmouth High

Grace Fan realized the broader potential of her communication skills when she was chatting recently with a student from Cape Elizabeth High School. She also has come to recognize the healing power of communication in her own life. Fan met the Cape High student at a track meet. The girl mentioned the Facebook page that […]
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June 7, 2015

Alana Franklin, Freeport High

Alana Franklin doesn’t know exactly how old she is. Born in southern China, she lived in an orphanage in Guangzhou, a city of 14 million people, from the time she was 3 or 4 years old until she was adopted by a Maine woman 10 years ago. She was pegged as 8 years old then, […]
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June 7, 2015

Garrett LaFrance, Massabesic High

Garrett LaFrance was a sophomore heading into his junior year at Massabesic High School in Waterboro when he noticed a pattern. “Kids coming into the high school weren’t getting the best support,” said LaFrance, who lives in Alfred. “I noticed a bit of a divide between upperclassmen and (underclassmen). Freshmen, especially, are somewhat isolated because […]
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June 7, 2015

Keyly Martinez, Catherine McAuley High

Keyly Martinez was born in Portland, a daughter of hardworking immigrants from El Salvador. When she was a year old, her mother sent her to live with her grandparents in their Central American homeland. She returned to the United States in 2005, first to Massachusetts, where her mother had found work. She started third grade […]
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June 7, 2015

Mohamed Nur, Deering High

Mohamed Nur was in seventh grade when he first faced the challenge of being a person of color in a Maine classroom. The moment came one day in math class, when certain students at Portland’s King Middle School were summoned to the library to take an assessment test that’s given to English-language learners. Though Nur […]
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June 7, 2015

Kylie Reynolds, Kennebunk High

It’s telling that Kennebunk High School administrators recommended Kylie Reynolds for the Sunday Telegram’s annual “Graduates to Watch” feature even before they were asked. She’s a standout not only for challenging herself academically at school, taking both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes, but also for her work in the community, caring for preschool children, […]
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June 7, 2015

Daniel Thompson, Gorham High

Daniel Thompson got lost during one cross-country meet. He was doing fine, running along roads and across fields, paying close attention for the bright orange cones that marked the course. It was more challenging for Thompson than for most of the runners because he’s legally blind, born with achromatopsia, a severe form of colorblindness that […]
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June 7, 2015

Morrigan Turner, South Portland

Morrigan Turner’s parents, Peter and Colleen, met while working for Greenpeace, so it’s no surprise that they raised their only child to be interested in environmental and social justice issues. Turner gladly picked up the mantle, distinguishing herself as a student government leader at South Portland High School, a student representative to the city’s school […]
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June 7, 2015

Look out, world, here we come

Brimming with optimism, these graduating seniors plan to keep their lists of accomplishments growing.
Published
June 4, 2015

ACLU of Maine honors South Portland, Lewiston high school students

Three students who defended the right not to pledge allegiance in South Portland and four students who hung a ‘Black Lives Matter’ poster in Lewiston High School receive the organization’s Baldwin Award.

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