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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PublishedJune 3, 2021
Portland High School celebrates historic graduating class
The school held its 200th commencement ceremony Thursday, and the historic event was even more joyful after a year disrupted by the pandemic.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Father of Greely seniors complains to Tucker Carlson about conditions for attending graduation
Shawn McBreairty, who has clashed with school officials for the last year, has permission to be at his daughters’ high school graduation under the terms of a criminal trespass order.
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PublishedMay 17, 2021
Federal government seizes $3.6 million from company that sold Maine counterfeit masks
A lawsuit seeks to have the state reimbursed for the purchase of 1.8 million fake masks late last year.
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PublishedMay 14, 2021
Watch video: Portland protest march calls attention to plight of Congolese minority
More than 300 Banyamulenge have resettled in Maine after fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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PublishedMay 13, 2021
Three generations celebrate Eid al-Fitr at home in Cape Elizabeth
The Shir family gathered Thursday to practice their Muslim faith at a celebration of the end of Ramadan.
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PublishedMay 12, 2021
Muslims in Maine to mark Eid al-Fitr without large community gatherings of the past
The festival celebrates the end of Ramadan, a monthlong fast that emphasizes personal responsibility, charity and spiritual growth.
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PublishedMay 10, 2021
South Portland to get additional $8 million in federal pandemic aid
The city launched a lobbying effort to fix a technicality that awarded South Portland a fraction of the American Rescue Plan funding that other Maine cities will receive.
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PublishedMay 10, 2021
Petition drive to remove 4 Cumberland school board members falls short
Upset that SAD 51 has kept a hybrid of remote and in-class learning, petitioners say they will continue to push for a return to five full days of classroom learning in the fall.
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PublishedMay 9, 2021
Pandemic-fueled real estate boom threatens property tax hikes as much as 30% for Maine homeowners
Long-delayed revaluations promise to shift some tax responsibility from business to residential property owners; one South Portland woman is considering selling her plasma to cover the costs.
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PublishedMay 5, 2021
South Portland says technicality could cost city $16 million in federal aid
Maine’s fourth-largest city says it is getting a lot less American Rescue Plan funding than other cities because of an administrative technicality.
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