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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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013
Tears flow as Maine church celebrates last Mass
South Portland’s St. John the Evangelist was built in 1940 to serve a growing population on the west side of the city.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2013
Maine leaders warned of impact as state’s population ages
‘Radical rethinking’ will be needed, an economist tells a Maine gathering taking a first step in developing solutions.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2013
Mainer’s path of self-discovery leads to world triathlon in London
When Ann Dillon was about to turn 60, she wasn’t ready to coast into retirement.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013
Protesters leave Congress Square Plaza under police orders
About a dozen people who oppose the sale of the public space vacate the park after it closed for the night.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2013
MaineCare underfunding hurts long-term care
The crisis at nursing homes and assisted-living centers is getting some lawmakers’ attention.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2013
St. Joseph’s renovating to get fewer MaineCare users
The Portland diocese says the care facility it sponsors needs more private payers to stay financially healthy – bad news for some facing discharge.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2013
Handling of St. Joseph’s discharges criticized
The Portland assisted-living facility has shown disrespect and hasn’t provided clear details about the future, families say.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013
Maine to help find beds for 34 discharged from care unit
Slots for MaineCare recipients will be hard to find as St. Joseph’s closes its assisted-living space to make upgrades.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2013
Portland project’s parking plans still worrying neighbors
A ‘last roundup’ of concerns over housing proposed for Cumberland Avenue is on tap Tuesday.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2013
Maine civil rights figure recalls prom protest
In 1971, Una Richardson appealed to her classmates – unsuccessfully – that the Deering High School class of 1971 should not hold their prom at the whites-only Elks club.
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