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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PublishedJuly 11, 2017
Neighborhoods near Maine Mall eager for attention as they evolve
Long overlooked by the city, South Portland’s western section is changing rapidly and clamoring for support in becoming a closer-knit community.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2017
Scarborough’s second 2017-18 school budget referendum is underway
Voters may cast their ballots now through July 20 on the reduced school budget proposal, in advance of the July 25 referendum.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2017
Children’s Garden at Fort Williams being damaged by visitors before it’s completed
Users are mistaking the frog pond with plantings, a work in progress, for a wading pool and harming the feature that has attracted many admirers.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2017
Pedestrian killed, Arundel woman arrested in South Portland crash
Kristen Hodak, 29, is charged with operating under the influence in a crash that killed a Hollis man on Cummings Road late Saturday.
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PublishedJune 26, 2017
South Portland councilors favor housing, open space for public works site
Some residents have suggested the 6-acre site should become a public park, but city officials planned to sell the land to offset the $15.7 million cost of a new public services facility.
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PublishedJune 26, 2017
South Portland weighing what to do with 6-acre public works site
A committee will present redevelopment options for the O’Neil Street property tonight, before a new public services facility opens later this year off outer Highland Avenue.
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PublishedJune 23, 2017
Caterpillars taking toll on trees in Cape Elizabeth, and crossing town lines
The town’s new tree warden raises alarm about winter moth caterpillars, while a state forest entomologist is optimistic that efforts to curb the insect’s range will be successful.
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PublishedJune 21, 2017
ON Semiconductor asks South Portland for change in tax break deal
It’s unclear what the successor to Fairchild Semiconductor wants to alter in the agreement, which calls for annual investments in the plant at 333 Western Ave.
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PublishedJune 21, 2017
Construction of solar project on South Portland’s capped landfill to start in July
The array off Highland Avenue is expected to generate about 12 percent of the electricity used by the city’s school and municipal buildings.
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PublishedJune 20, 2017
New cuts proposed before second Scarborough budget vote in July
Municipal and school administrators have recommended $307,000 in budget cuts that would reduce the property tax rate increase to 3 percent.
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