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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PublishedMarch 23, 2012
A rally cry for religion
United in their opposition to mandated birth-control coverage, demonstrators in Portland add voices to a national protest.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012
Chancellor freezes discretionary raises
James Page is ‘troubled’ by salary increases at University of Southern Maine amid a budget shortfall and says he’ll investigate.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2012
UMaine system chancellor halts discretionary raises
James Page, who became chancellor Tuesday, will examine all compensation policies as part of a full review of system operations.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2012
USM hands out big raises amid cuts
The university defends the salary increases as necessary to retain qualified administrators.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2012
Scotia Prince’s last voyage: to scrap heap
The ship that once was a regular sight in Portland Harbor has since aided hurricane survivors and war evacuees.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2012
Falmouth’s schools seek 11.9 percent increase
School officials point out that the first debt payment on the new elementary school accounts for more than 5 percent.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2012
Teen killed in Maine crash
Alcohol and speed were probably factors in a crash on Route 5 earlier today that killed an 18-year-old woman.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2012
Greely Middle School principal wins state award
Kim Brandt is Maine’s 2012 Middle Level Principal of the Year.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2012
Warm weather has boatyards buzzing
Yard operators are getting busy very early this year as the mild winter puts boat owners in a seafaring mood. “People just want to start having fun again.”
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PublishedMarch 13, 2012
Justices uphold outsourcing of Freeport dispatch
The court denies a request for a ruling that the town improperly approved the service shift to Brunswick.
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