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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PublishedOctober 9, 2017
South Portland’s second responder follows up on crises
Formerly a Department of Justice special agent, Dana Baldwin becomes the police department’s first behavioral health liaison.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2017
The naturalized citizen: He came here to study and stayed to thrive
What is naturalization?About Vietnam Quang Nguyen had a rather inauspicious arrival in the United States, especially for a young man who, 10 years later, is on track to fulfill his goal to become a millionaire. In August 2007, Nguyen traveled alone and with limited English skills from Vietnam to Portland. Just 18 at the time, […]
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PublishedOctober 8, 2017
The family: A young Vietnamese man builds success here, then brings his parents to share in it
Last November, three days after Quang Nguyen became a naturalized citizen, he applied to bring his parents from Vietnam to live in the United States. On Oct. 7, his father, Hung Nguyen, 53, and his mother, Hoa Le, 49, arrived at their new home with him in Portland, Maine. In the last week, after resting […]
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PublishedOctober 5, 2017
South Portland city councilor sworn in as incoming MMA president
Linda Cohen hopes to improve relations between the Maine Municipal Association and Gov. Paul LePage, who have wrangled over taxes and government policy.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2017
South Portland reacts as company kills cross-Canada pipeline plan
The city’s attorneys move to halt the Portland Pipe Line Corp. lawsuit as they review how TransCanada’s decision to kill the Energy East project might affect an existing pipeline from South Portland to Montreal.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
Cape Elizabeth to seek legal opinion in waterfront access dispute
The Town Council plans an executive session with the town’s attorney to clarify legal options in accepting or giving up rights to old paper streets.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
Waterfront access dispute divides Cape Elizabeth enclave
Residents of the Shore Acres subdivision are fighting waterfront neighbors who want to prevent the public from hiking past their seaside homes.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2017
Mainer who was stranded in St. Thomas returns home
Brooke Quinn Dunphey of Wells had gone to work in the school system there, but then two hurricanes struck.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2017
Maine game wardens believe body of missing Caribou priest has been found
The Rev. Clement Thibodeau, 85, was reported missing in July.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2017
New Hampshire man, 53, shot dead at Saco residence
The shooting was reported by the tenant who fired the gun, and he was not taken into custody, Maine State Police say.
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