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.

Latest

Published
July 11, 2011

Falmouth councilors consider campaign crackdowns

Councilors directed Town Manager Nathan Poore to review policies on town employees endorsing candidates or causes and using the town’s computer and e-mail systems to transmit such endorsements.
Published
July 10, 2011

Choosing when to go

His quality of life declining, Norman Morse wants all to know that he’s made a very sane and sensible decision.
Published
July 10, 2011

Feature obituary: Dorothy Sesto, 87, nurse, mother, neighborhood ‘cookie lady’
Published
July 9, 2011

Car crashes into York restaurant

Police are investigating an accident at Tom’s Fried Clams on Route 1 in York.
Published
July 9, 2011

Mainer in Africa for birth of a new nation

Sudanese living in Maine and Tom Andrews, an anti-genocide advocate, celebrate ‘South Sudan.’
Published
July 8, 2011

Time Warner Cable TV service interrupted

Cable boxes are displaying L1 or other words.
Published
July 6, 2011

Reward offered for info in 2008 shooting death

James Angelo was shot while working as a security guard at Mercy Hospital.
Published
July 3, 2011

Walmart expansion plan to be reviewed Tuesday

FALMOUTH — The Planning Board will review the site plan for the proposed expansion of Walmart on Route 1 at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the council chamber at Town Hall. The expansion would increase the store’s size from 84,000 to 124,000 square feet and remove the Regal cinema next door. The owners of the Falmouth […]
Published
July 1, 2011

Forum to feature governor’s story of tough upbringing

Gov. Paul LePage will share his personal story of rising above poverty at a community forum on Wednesday hosted by LearningWorks.
Published
July 1, 2011

16 Mass. youths charged in York underage drinking party

Police found a large group of people gathered around a fire pit behind a home on Gunnison Road with open containers of alcoholic beverages in clear view.

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