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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PublishedJune 6, 2012
RSU 5 instructors, board sign contract
Pownal and Durham teacher wages are now in line with Freeport educators’ higher pay.
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PublishedJune 5, 2012
First teachers’ contract signed for Freeport-area RSU
The contract brings salaries in Durham and Pownal in line with higher-paid staff in Freeport.
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PublishedJune 5, 2012
Earth-friendly demo gardens to open on Back Cove
The gardens showcase nearly 2,000 trees, shrubs and perennials that can help Maine gardeners reduce water use and reliance on fertilizers and pesticides.
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PublishedJune 5, 2012
Flood waters close Songo Lock to boaters
The lock at Songo Lock State Historic Site is closed indefinitely because all flood-control gates have been opened to accommodate heavy water flow.
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PublishedJune 5, 2012
Students from China sample life in Maine
Falmouth schools host the visitors partly to attract tuition-paying foreigners.
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
Election 2012: Two incumbents face competition for SAD 51 seats
Declining enrollment is among the issues in the Cumberland/North Yarmouth races.
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
Election 2012: Four vying for three seats in Yarmouth school race
Two incumbents, a political newcomer and a past School Committee member fix their sights set on the at-large seats.
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PublishedMay 28, 2012
Election 2012: Four hopefuls vying for two open seats in Falmouth
Two of the Town Council candidates have experience in municipal government and two are political newcomers.
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PublishedMay 27, 2012
The forgotten dead
The AMHI Cemetery Project is raising money to build a memorial to Augusta Mental Health Institute’s lost souls – thousands of patients who died in its long history and were too often quickly forgotten.
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PublishedMay 24, 2012
Union to re-vote after initial tie on RSU 5 contract
An official says teachers still have concerns about the first deal since schools in three towns merged.
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