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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PublishedNovember 7, 2017
Portland voters approve $64.3 million plan to renovate 4 elementary schools
Voters faced dueling school renovation bond questions, with one funding the renovation of 4 elementary schools and another funding the renovation of 2 schools.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2017
Cape Elizabeth councilors seek solution to ‘paper street’ dispute
The council decides to hire a facilitator to help resolve the conflict over maintaining waterfront access in the Shore Acres neighborhood.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2017
South Portland council approves rules for marijuana businesses
The ordinances take effect in 20 days, but city officials will be limited by lack of licensing authorization from the State House.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2017
South Portland council to vote on rules for marijuana shops
If approved, the proposed zoning and licensing amendments would make the city among the first Maine municipalities to welcome pot businesses.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2017
South Portland opens new Municipal Services Facility
The 63,000-square-foot facility houses the city’s public works, parks and transportation maintenance divisions.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2017
Several Maine dental offices will offer free services today
Dentists in Falmouth, Lisbon Falls, Portland, Scarborough and Skowhegan will participate in the 9th annual Dentists Who Care for ME event.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2017
Perfect storm of factors took unexpectedly destructive toll on Maine’s trees
Arborists cite wind strength and direction, as well the facts that many trees were harmed by the drought and still had leaves.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2017
Mainers take the storm – and the continued power outages – in stride
Although much of Maine remains without electricity, many of the state’s residents are philosophical about the loss of a freezer full of food or another night spent in the dark.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2017
Cape Elizabeth councilors still split on fate of shoreline ‘paper streets’
Their decision, expected to come next Monday, will affect public access to the seaside in the Shore Acres subdivision and near Lighthouse Point.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2017
In acclaimed new memoir, Sarah Perry confronts the crime that ended her mother’s life
At 12 years old, Sarah Perry found her mother brutally slain at their Bridgton home. She was faced with a choice – shut down or seek to understand what happened.
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