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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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Marijuana dispensary group changes its name
The name better reflects a nonprofit that offers a variety of services for chronically and severly ill patients.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Police foil OOB burglary, arrest two men
A person called the Old Orchard Beach police to report that a door to their neighbor’s home was open when the owner wasn’t home, which led to the arrests.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Occupy Maine and Portland heading to court
The city tells protesters to leave Lincoln Park by noon Monday, a precursor to the group filing a lawsuit.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2011
Education commish in Portland tonight to discuss NCLB
Maine education commissioner Stephen Bowen is seeking input as the state prepares to seek flexibility under the controversial No Child Left Behind Act.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2011
Bird survey counts on citizen scientists
‘We spend all day in the woods,’ says one participant in the National Audubon Society’s 112th annual Christmas Bird Count.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2011
Eglinton returning to Portland school district
Peter Eglinton, the former school board chairman, will likely be named Portland Public Schools’ chief operations officer.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2011
Proposed charter school secures Portland site
The Baxter Academy for Technology and Science would open next September near the corner of Commercial and York St.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2011
Yarmouth may remove dams from Royal River
Town leaders have been seriously considering the idea of removing the dams for several months. But they’ll seek public input before making a decision.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2011
Freeport OKs skating rink, bus study
The rink on Depot Street could be ready for skaters by Christmas, if the weather cooperates.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2011
Grants will fund extras at schools in Yarmouth
The $17,000 comes from a nonprofit group that formed to pay for special projects and programs.
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