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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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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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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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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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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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Zoning wasn’t on radar when Freeport soccer deal made
Councilors say they didn’t realize the indoor-outdoor complex would require a variance.
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Falmouth makes headway on school reuse proposals
Town Council will hold a public hearing on Jan. 23 on the pending disposition of the former Plummer-Motz and Lunt school properties.
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King holiday brings several events to Portland
Martin Luther King’s legacy will be marked in a variety of ways.
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Facilitator to guide Freeport soccer proposal talks
But a coalition battling the complex says it will only listen at the workshop, not participate.
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‘It will be a beautiful home’
Eleven future homeowners will benefit from Freeport’s growing partnership with Habitat for Humanity.