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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PublishedApril 26, 2022
South Portland council fills 2 school board vacancies
Appointed representatives of Districts 2 and 4 will serve the unexpired terms of board members who resigned in March.
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PublishedApril 25, 2022
South Portland targets racism as a public health crisis
The City Council will review a call to action proposed by the Board of Health and Human Rights Commission.
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PublishedApril 25, 2022
Cape Elizabeth finally hires consultant for housing study
Camoin Associates will help the town identify barriers to affordable housing development.
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PublishedApril 25, 2022
Road to Portland Head Light targeted for major overhaul
Cape Elizabeth plans to rebuild a mile-long section of Shore Road leading to Fort Williams Park and the popular lighthouse.
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PublishedApril 19, 2022
South Portland renews licenses of 4 hotels sheltering asylum seekers and homeless Mainers
City Manager Scott Morelli recommended imposing conditions aimed at reducing the number of emergency calls to the hotels, which have housed hundreds of asylum seekers and homeless Mainers during the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 4, 2022
The pay gap: Financial struggles of two Maine women show legacy of undervalued work
Women who fall behind in earnings and benefits often find themselves in dire straits when they’re older, with annual retirement incomes lagging $5,000 behind older men.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2022
Abyssinian Meeting House restoration to get $1.7 million in federal funding
The money will allow the committee that has been restoring one of America’s oldest Black churches to complete its work.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
Federal pandemic aid targets health concerns at county jail and in the community
Cumberland County officials plan to use nearly $17 million in ARPA funding on projects and programs at the jail, courthouse and civic arena, and in the wider community.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change
So much has changed during the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic officially reached Maine on March 12, 2020. And many of those changes will last far after the pandemic ends. Some are permanent. More than 2,100 Maine families and communities have lost loved ones. Businesses have closed. Careers have ended. Some who survived the […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2022
Two South Portland hotels will stop hosting homeless people because of complaints
Faced with criticism about some guests’ behavior, Days Inn and Comfort Inn near the Maine Mall will stop providing emergency shelter to people experiencing homelessness.
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