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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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
Willard Beach temporarily closed to investigate possible fuel discharge
Local, state and federal agencies responded Tuesday evening to a report of a sheen on the water at the South Portland beach.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
Body of missing Westbrook woman is found
Sylvie Markiewicz was last seen Monday and her death isn’t considered suspicious, police say.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
Gov. Mills says Maine is prepared to take in Afghans fleeing Taliban
It’s a welcome gesture for Mainers who are struggling to help family members escape Afghanistan by the end of August.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2021
Afghan community demonstrates in Portland against turmoil in homeland
Maine’s Afghan community holds a public demonstration in Monument Square, calling for help and saying ‘the world failed Afghanistan.’
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PublishedAugust 16, 2021
Maine municipalities, counties gear up to spend federal relief funding
Local officials are figuring out how to spend $502 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, despite confusing guidelines and disbursement delays.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
Among the vaccinated in Maine, a growing anger at those who resist
Inoculated residents express frustration and ambivalence about the unvaccinated as COVID-19 case counts rise here and across the U.S.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2021
Making whoopie pies is a growing business in South Portland
Cape Whoopies are now on shelves in Wegmans Food Markets in Massachusetts, and soon could be in all 106 of the high-end supermarkets across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Feds agree with Maine: Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks
New U.S. CDC guidelines for dealing with COVID-19 in schools align with changes enacted in Maine last week.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2021
Biden administration backs South Portland in fight against pipeline
A legal brief filed with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supports the city’s 6-year battle to preserve local authority in protecting air quality.
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PublishedJune 28, 2021
Affordable housing proposal in town center divides Cape Elizabeth
The Szanton Co. wants to build a four-story, 49-unit affordable housing project next door to the Town Hall and overlooking the new Village Green.
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