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 7, 2012
Assistant to AG to become Maine’s first public ombudsman
Brenda Kielty has worked as a lawyer, educator and mediator and is on the board of directors in Regional School Unit 5.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2012
Portland’s new superintendent embarks on listening tour
‘Manny’ Caulk says he wants to learn what’s working and what’s valued in the district before making decisions.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2012
Finding a new way to grade schools
Educators are helping the state develop a better system to gauge a school’s adequate yearly progress than the one applied under No Child Left Behind.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2012
Westbrook woman owns the oceans
Pat Gallant-Charette is heading to Japan this week to attempt her fourth of seven open-water swimming challenges.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2012
Lifting the lid on government data
The newly funded Maine public access ombudsman is expected to make it easier for Mainers to obtain public records.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2012
Teen charged with sexually assaulting autistic girl
Police say the teen assaulted a female relative in Gray.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2012
Cumberland says yes to affordable housing
Officials approve zones along Route 100 where up to 34 single-family homes can be built.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2012
‘Lovely’ signs pit Falmouth council against businessman
Falmouth councilors take on Steve Woods, who is chairman of the Yarmouth Town Council and an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2012
Falmouth OKs studying its options for natural gas
‘There’s definitely interest among the businesses on Route 1,’ a councilwoman says. ‘The question is whether it’s economically viable to do it.’
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PublishedAugust 27, 2012
Falmouth voters to consider ending Metro bus service
The Nov. 6 ballot question mirrors a similar proposal that the Town Council rejected last fall.
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