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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PublishedJuly 21, 2011
Work begins on Freeport Village movie theater
The six-screen cinema is expected to open by Thanksgiving.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2011
State dropout-prevention conference starts Monday
The three-day Maine Positive Youth Development Institute will feature more than 30 interactive workshops offered by a range of presenters, including students.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2011
SMCC to start Bruswick renovations soon
The college will hold a ceremony at 11 a.m. Tuesday marking the official deed transfer from the Navy for two buildings, including one that will become the Maine Advanced Technology & Engineering Center.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2011
‘Incredible’ student on small Maine island wins scholarship to set sail for her dreams
Kassandra Hopkins is the first Mainer to earn the Annenberg rural school trust recognition, a scholarship worth $250,000.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2011
Update: Strong crosswinds cause Fryeburg plane crash
“The wind picked him up and spun him around and drove the front end into a ditch,” said Police Chief Philip Weymouth.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2011
Borders’ final chapter unfolds
SOUTH PORTLAND — Pardis Delijani strolled out of Borders bookstore at the Maine Mall on Tuesday afternoon carrying two study manuals for the Law School Admissions Test.
A political science and pre-law major at the University of Maine, she plans to take the test in October and hopes to attend the University of Maine School of Law.
Unlike many of her peers, the 21-year-old Portland resident wouldn’t think of taking an LSAT course online to prepare for such an important test.
“I could never study from a computer like that,” Delijani said. “I still need books to hold and read and write on when I’m studying.”
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PublishedJuly 19, 2011
Antifreeze must now contain bitter-tasting agent
The agent to be added by manufacturers is denatonium benzoate, which is considered the most bitter chemical available.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2011
Borders’ liquidation sales could start Friday
The chain, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is scheduled to seek approval Thursday in federal bankruptcy court that would allow the company to be sold to liquidators.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2011
Falmouth board reviews computer-use policy
Two school principals’ emails that endorsed local candidates raise concerns.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
Ex-corporate attorney has a recipe for success in growing mussels
Peter Stocks’ plan mixes Maine’s reputation with his Casco Bay-grown bivalves.
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