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 21, 2019
Armed with smartphones, volunteers track Casco Bay king tides as harbingers of sea-level rise
Friends of Casco Bay has more than 80 ‘water reporters’ uploading photos and observations of pollution, acidification and other problems.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2019
20 years later: A Saco teenager’s murder remains unsolved
Ashley Ouellette was just 15 when her body was discovered on a road in Scarborough early on February 10, 1999. Every parent’s nightmare, the homicide case hasn’t been closed, but authorities insist it’s far from cold.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2019
Maine’s youngest immigrants follow parents to citizenship
The 29 children, ages 1 to 17, came from all over the world and now live throughout southern Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
South Portland to change controversial proficiency-based grading at high school
The change will take effect in the 2019-2020 school year, a decision that followed increasing complaints about the accuracy, fairness and complexity of the system adopted four years ago.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2019
First Maine baby of 2019 is a girl born in Presque Isle
Karly Drue Williams beats out Lev McGuckin, who was born in Portland, by just a few minutes.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2019
LePage pardons former legislator for felony drug trafficking
Former state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce, R-Dresden, lost his re-election bid last fall after Democrats revealed he had a felony drug conviction 35 years ago, then hunted when he was legally prohibited from possessing firearms, records show.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2018
Chinese nationals charged with sex trafficking in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
An indictment says the husband-and-wife team recruited women in China and coerced them into prostitution after they arrived in the U.S.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Robert Bryan, half of original ‘Bert and I’ duo, dies at age 87
With Marshall Dodge, he popularized the Maine humor known to many Americans.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Bright fireball seen in the sky over Maine
The meteor is part of the Geminid shower, which is expected to peak Thursday night.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2018
South Portland vape shop near middle school, sparks outrage
SOUTH PORTLAND — A vape and smoke shop that opened across the street from Mahoney Middle School has upset some residents and pushed city officials to consider whether all smoking-related businesses – not just marijuana shops – should be prohibited near schools. The City Council is on track to ban medical marijuana stores or dispensaries […]
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