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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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  • Published
    August 21, 2011

    Shopping Mecca: Its 120 outlets make Kittery a destination

    They drive down from Canada. They come by busloads from across New England. They hail from as far away as Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom, on their way to local beaches and other vacation destinations. The 120 factory outlets here along Route 1 attract 3.5 million shoppers each year, mostly during July and August, […]

  • Published
    August 21, 2011

    Kittery: Gateway to Vacationland

    Incorporated more than 350 years ago, this jewel on Maine’s southern tip sparkles with a rich history of coastal trade and tradition.

  • Published
    August 16, 2011

    Freeport water rate rising by 9 percent

    The PUC approves the overall increase to help the operator maintain safe and reliable service.

  • Published
    August 16, 2011

    It’s all water through the dam

    For two days, a lower Royal River will be studied to help determine the future of Yarmouth’s dams.

  • Published
    August 15, 2011

    Water rates increase in Freeport

    The average quarterly bill for a customer using 1,500 cubic feet of water will be $76.08, an increase of $7.77.

  • Published
    August 15, 2011

    Yarmouth may finish pathway

    Town Council is expected to reconsider on Thursday a proposal that would cost the town $100,000.

  • Published
    August 8, 2011

    A dam exam

    Yarmouth takes stock of its two old dams on the Royal River as the town begins a discussion about whether to keep them.

  • Published
    August 7, 2011

    End-of-life rights crusader dies at 91

    SCARBOROUGH – Norman Morse finally got his way. The 91-year-old Falmouth man, the subject of a July 10 story in the Maine Sunday Telegram that inspired a community dialogue about physician-assisted suicide, died late Friday at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. He had been there for a week, after falling and seriously injuring his head in […]

  • Published
    August 7, 2011
    20110803_ Downeaster

    Residents look to blow whistle on train noise

    Downeaster’s plans for growth spur towns and cities to seek new or expanded quiet zones.

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    August 3, 2011

    Amtrak history exhibit to visit Freeport

    The free exhibit is touring the nation with a display of memorabilia.