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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PublishedJanuary 19, 2012
Free speech gets the nod in Freeport
Wary of a lawsuit, councilors end the removal of anonymous publications from Town Hall.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2012
Local schools plan dual-diploma French program
North Yarmouth Academy and L’Ecole Francaise team up to offer students a degree recognized by France.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2012
Yarmouth to hold hearing on removing dams
Five of seven councilors agreed in December that two town-owned dams should be removed.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2012
Falmouth picks plan for school sites
OceanView’s bid of $3.25 million satisfies many councilor goals and will be voted on as soon as Monday.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2012
Falmouth council picks $3.25M OceanView deal
OceanView is a 60-acre retirement community next to the former Plummer-Motz and Lunt school complex.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2012
Council looks to oust ‘hateful’ publication
But rights to free speech make it difficult to restrict a Freeport newsletter that some consider offensive.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2012
A call to be a force for change
There is much work to do for economic and social justice, speakers at the MLK breakfast declare.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2012
Economy tops concerns at MLK breakfast
Several speakers called attention to the economic challenges facing many Americans in the fight for equity in education, jobs and health care.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2012
Freeport unable to shake conflict on development
Some say the town doesn’t do enough to involve the public in the decisions and favors commercial interests.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012
LePage to attend MLK event in Waterville
Departing from the tradition of previous governors, LePage has now shunned the NAACP in Portland and Bangor two years in a row.
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