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 11, 2017
Councilors will consider curbing short-term rentals in South Portland
Some residents say short-term rentals are driving up home prices, turning houses into hotels and changing the character of their neighborhoods.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
South Portland school bus driver battling cancer gets an uplifting surprise
Jamie Creamer wipes away tears and declares ‘Now I feel awesome’ as the high school marching band plays outside his hospital window and a convoy of buses passes nearby.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2017
South Portland mayor delivers inaugural address, promising to be team player
Linda Cohen also urges fellow councilors and school board members being sworn in to strive for the four C’s of good government: civility, common sense, compromise and collaboration.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2017
Maine’s Catholic bishop shocks parishioners with details of priest’s affair with employee
Bishop Robert Deeley informs church members in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland that retired Monsignor Michael Henchal is living with a former church administrator.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2017
Nearly 200 victims of the sinking of SS Portland are remembered
Many passengers and crew members who died in the 1898 disaster were Mainers, including 19 members of Portland’s Abyssinian congregation.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2017
Avesta Housing pitches 64-unit mixed-use project in West End of South Portland
The $13 million mixed-use building is being developed on the site of a popular neighborhood variety store known for its Vietnamese soups and sandwiches.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
South Portland joins battle against tree-killing winter moths
City officials are working on a plan to fight the invasive insect, while state entomologists plant cocoons of flies they hope will attack the moth caterpillars next spring.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
Piper Shores opens $14 million memory care and assisted-living facility
The new building in the retirement community between Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck includes 14 memory care units and 16 assisted living units.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
New tavern and condos could replace former Griffin Club in South Portland
Ginger Cote needs a zoning change that raises parking concerns before she can build Big Babe’s Tavern and five condominiums in the Knightville neighborhood.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2017
South Portland honors local companies for impact, resilience
Foulmouthed Brewing and Taco Trio are among five businesses to be recognized at the third annual South Portland Business Awards Reception.
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