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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PublishedJanuary 17, 2011
Hundreds march and rally at Portland City Hall
Marchers shout “This is what democracy looks like” and carry signs with slogans such as “Enraged by LePage” and “Civility Not Division.”
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2011
King Day 2011: Emotions run high
The 30th anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Sunday was marked by sadness and outrage over Gov. Paul LePage’s comments last week about why he wouldn’t attend the NAACP Portland Branch’s premier annual event.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2011
Kids test their voices in MLK Day projects
PORTLAND – In Sahro Atoor’s neighborhood, it’s easy to feel like an outsider. One day, a car drove by Atoor’s friend and the white men inside yelled racial epithets. “Go back to your country,” one of them shouted. In Kennedy Park, the housing complex where Atoor lives, kids hang around in cliques and talk trash […]
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2011
Schools ready for sports equality review
Portland has done an audit already that shows two problems in avoiding gender discrimination.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2011
LePage leaves NAACP feeling left out
He is unable to attend Martin Luther King events and has declined other invitations, but plans to honor King publicly.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2011
Three Maine school districts get $200K grants
The money will be used to plan and design student-centered educational programs that meet the needs of all learners.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2011
Biddeford high school students get a scientist’s point of view
A UNE visiting professor from Kenya shares details of her work to inspire students to pursue a science career.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2011
SMCC’s Ortiz: a tough act to follow
The college president, who will retire in July, is credited with overseeing a period of great expansion.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2011
Pingree: Shooting a wake-up call for toning down political rhetoric
Maine’s congressional delegation is shocked by the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2011
Feature Obituary: Bette Pennell, 85, longtime owner of Bette’s Lunch
SCARBOROUGH – Whenever town workers were out straight plowing snow or fighting a fire, Bette Pennell would trudge up Black Point Road in the middle of the night to open her small restaurant on Route 1. The town tore down Bette’s Lunch in 2003, the year after Pennell retired because of failing health. But few […]
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