All four members point to the need for comprehensive immigration reform.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Most southern Maine communities easily approve school budgets
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In response to EPA complaints against two petroleum tank farms, South Portland enlists residents to participate in a new air quality monitoring program.
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Marcus Ratz: Massabesic High School
He continued to excel academically and volunteer in the community after his father died of a heroin overdose during his junior year.
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Epilala Tauwala: South Portland Adult Education
Four years after dropping out of Deering High School, she’s heading for her ancestral lands to learn more about her roots, high school equivalency credentials in hand.
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Sophie Magadieu: Falmouth High School
A tireless advocate for LGBTQ youth, Magadieu has overcome personal challenges to deliver countless presentations at schools, conferences and businesses.
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Cecilia Kusturin: Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
A national-caliber athlete, she’ll be a member of the Senior Varsity/Team USA-qualifying synchronized skating team at Adrian College in Michigan.
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Sam Mercer: Sanford High School
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Nimco Isack: Deering High School
A daughter of Somali immigrants, she co-founded the Black Student Union at Deering High School and has worked to address diversity issues.
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Sierra Zahares: Freeport High School
She’s educating the world about what it’s like to have Moebius syndrome, a rare neurological condition.