Kelley Bouchard is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald who writes about tourism, transportation, agriculture, supermarkets, forest industries, sustainability, minority-owned businesses and other subjects. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, immigration, history, human rights, aging issues, 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 for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2013
JFK in Maine: State ‘has a chance … to choose progress’
John F. Kennedy visited Maine several times before and after he became president. “Maine had glimpses of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy as a campaigner, as a speechmaker and as a man seeking rest and relaxation,” The Associated Press reported after his assassination on Nov. 22, 1963. “Maine seemed to like him in all these roles,” […]
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PublishedNovember 7, 2013
Scarborough residents to vote on leash law Dec. 3
The referendum is triggered by a citizen petition after the town council passed sweeping new rules.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2013
Vote lets South Portland start big public works changes
Approval of a $14 million bond means the transfer station will be moved and a site near a neighborhood will be cleared in work that could take years.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2013
Donovan and Caterina win Scarborough council seats
Newcomers Leng and Shea fill two open school board seats.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2013
MacAuslan and Jordan win Cape council race
Voters also fill two seats on the school board.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2013
South Portland voters approve $14 million public-works bond
The voters also re-elect city councilor and mayor Tom Blake.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2013
Tax bills arrive with surprise in Brunswick
Computerized improvements in the town’s appraisal system for mobile home assessments raise concerns.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2013
Forum: Back policies aiding older Maine workers
State leaders are warned Maine’s businesses will be hard-pressed to replace its aging workforce.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2013
Portland installs more parking pay stations
People on the street give the new machines mixed reviews
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PublishedOctober 19, 2013
Three running for Cape School Board
Two newcomers and an incumbent are running for two seats on the board.
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