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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PublishedDecember 12, 2012
Mercy Hospital: Potential buyer wasn’t misled
A memo tells a different story about how talks faltered between Mercy and a for-profit group.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2012
Families mostly powerless when mentally ill adult resists help
Legal protections make it difficult to force treatment, but one man’s personal tragedy has led to changes.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2012
Maine moves up to ninth healthiest state
Compared to all other states, Maine has less violent crime, a smaller uninsured population and fewer low-weight births.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2012
Across nation, unsettling acceptance when mentally ill in crisis are killed
Even as they face a growing number of disturbed people, police often lack crisis training. And the leadership and data-gathering needed to stem the bloodshed are largely absent.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2012
Limited data on police, mentally ill encounters
National data on police shootings of the mentally ill are all but nonexistent, yet there are some statistics that help to inform the issue: • The latest Police-Public Contact Survey by the U.S. Department of Justice, released last year, found that police used or threatened to use force against an estimated 1.9 percent of the […]
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PublishedDecember 7, 2012
Maine medical records going high-tech
For the 1.5 million patients in Maine Med’s index, the Internet-accessible system will centralize their health-care history.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2012
Ten apply for job as Maine’s health exchange coordinator
The new hire will help agencies with the federal version of a state exchange Gov. LePage opposes.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2012
State Theatre looks to share success
The music venue invites businesses to become sponsors, provide funds and be part of its brand.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2012
State posts a job, sparks a mystery
It’s to coordinate a health insurance exchange, which Gov. LePage has previously sworn not to implement.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2012
They ‘occupy’ themselves by helping victims of Sandy
Maine members of the Occupy movement give precious free time to New Yorkers who are still struggling.
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