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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PublishedFebruary 22, 2021
Abyssinian restoration group raised $375,000 after Black Lives Matter marches
The money will help restore the historic Black meetinghouse in Portland before its 200th anniversary, but more work must be done to make that happen.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2021
Maine eligibility guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine confuse, frustrate
Contradictions and exceptions within an evolving set of rollout rules trouble vaccine providers and those still waiting for their shots, but some in the field say they appreciate a degree of flexibility.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2021
Maine bought over 2 million potentially counterfeit masks now subject to recall
About 161,000 of the possibly fake N95 respirators have been distributed to school nurses, health care facilities and state workers in Maine since November and are now part of a nationwide recall and replacement effort.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2021
Maine officials say they will take vaccine away from hospitals that violate guidelines
Gov. Janet Mills criticized MaineHealth on Tuesday for not following guidelines, calling it an ‘insult’ that the state’s largest health care organization gave doses to out-of-state contractors who came here to disrupt a union-organizing effort by nurses.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2021
MaineHealth defends decision to vaccinate administrative, remote staff despite state rules
But Maine Medical Center was wrong to vaccinate out-of-state consultants who were hired to help fight an effort to unionize nurses at the hospital, company officials say.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2021
Independent-living facilities left in the cold by COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Dropped suddenly from the federal pharmacy contract providing vaccination clinics to nursing homes, these senior retirement communities are trying to secure protection for an equally vulnerable population.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
In a race for time, builders and health officials team up to vaccinate thousands of Mainers
They’ve turned the old grandstand building at the former Scarborough Downs racetrack into a mass vaccination clinic set to open this week.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Brunswick agency holds 1st drive-thru vaccination clinic in southern Maine
Independence Association and Guardian Pharmacy of Maine team up to vaccinate clients with intellectual and physical disabilities and their caregivers.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2021
Mainers mark MLK Day with calls to action, online observance
A daylong webinar series explores racial equity in Maine; Gov. Janet Mills and other elected officials honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2021
Maine’s medical networks plan large-scale vaccination clinics
The standalone clinics are necessary because most medical facilities don’t have enough space and staffing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the wider public under pandemic protocols.
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