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, 2012
Falmouth’s schools seek 11.9 percent increase
School officials point out that the first debt payment on the new elementary school accounts for more than 5 percent.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2012
Teen killed in Maine crash
Alcohol and speed were probably factors in a crash on Route 5 earlier today that killed an 18-year-old woman.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2012
Greely Middle School principal wins state award
Kim Brandt is Maine’s 2012 Middle Level Principal of the Year.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2012
Warm weather has boatyards buzzing
Yard operators are getting busy very early this year as the mild winter puts boat owners in a seafaring mood. “People just want to start having fun again.”
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PublishedMarch 13, 2012
Justices uphold outsourcing of Freeport dispatch
The court denies a request for a ruling that the town improperly approved the service shift to Brunswick.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2012
School costs may require tax increase in Falmouth
The municipal budget holds the line, but a new building and higher enrollment and salaries will add to school spending.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2012
Freeport wins court’s favor in dispatch flap
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court finds Town Council acted appropriately in ratifying a multi-year contract for Brunswick dispatch services several months after it was signed.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2012
Falmouth municipal budget plan preserves tax rate
That’s a good, because the school budget to be presented Friday is expected to address enrollment, elementary-level spending and cost-of-living pay increases.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2012
More schools mine China for students
Several public high schools in Maine are developing sister-school relationships in China as a way to attract international students, along with the tuition dollars and cultural diversity that they promise to bring to Maine’s mostly white, English-speaking communities.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2012
After record-breaking surgery, 9-year-old back at home
In order to keep her alive, doctors removed 9-year-old Alannah Shevenell’s stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver, small bowel and one-third of her esophagus. But this little Maine girl still faces much adversity.
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