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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PublishedApril 22, 2011
Police seek Mass. manin Westbrook fatal stabbing
State Police say the man they seek in connection with last night’s fatal stabbing on Central Street is a 30-year-old Massachusetts man. The man is Tareek S. Hendricks of Worcester, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
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PublishedApril 22, 2011
Budget balanced as USM moves on
Spending is under control, but the university must find ways to address some critical longer-term needs.
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PublishedApril 21, 2011
Gas project starts at Commercial and Market
Market Street, between Commercial and Fore streets, will be closed to daytime traffic for about one week.
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PublishedApril 21, 2011
Scarborough bans tobacco use on beaches
The Town Council responds to concerns about secondhand smoke and the high number of cigarette butts found on town beaches.
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PublishedApril 21, 2011
Portland to help teachers pay union chief
In return for other concessions, the school district agrees to pay 80 percent of her compensation.
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PublishedApril 20, 2011
Teachers’ union leader to cost city taxpayers more
Portland Schools’ contribution to Kathleen Casasa’s salary and benefits will go from 20 percent to 80 percent; the union will pay the rest.
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PublishedApril 20, 2011
2 Maine college students win national honor
Rachel Champoux of Westbrook and Diane Dense of Wells are among the top 20 students at two-year colleges across the U.S.
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PublishedApril 20, 2011
Educate kids early to help everyone later, businesses say
They say the investment will pay off with less crime, highly skilled workers and more productive citizens.
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PublishedApril 15, 2011
Portland students win national Latin honors
Twenty-six high school students win awards based on their scores on the National Latin Exam.
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PublishedApril 14, 2011
‘Breaking Silence’ rally set for Saturday
The rally aims to call attention to the need to make schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths.
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