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Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, 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, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Teen charged with sexually assaulting autistic girl
Police say the teen assaulted a female relative in Gray.
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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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‘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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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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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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Yarmouth to launch Route 1 ‘Planapalooza’
Decisions made during the public process will reshape development along the highway for years to come.
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Maine education leader Charlie Lyons dies at 68
Known as an advocate for students, Lyons headed several Maine colleges and universities in his 30-year career.
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Yarmouth voters to get say on public works plan
Borrowing for the $2.9 million scaled-back proposal would be on Yarmouth’s November ballot.
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One out of five Maine nursing facilities rated below average
Fewer problems are seen here than in other states, but a Medicare measurement gives a Sanford site where maggots were found only a one-star health inspection rating.