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 8, 2011
Girls Rock! events highlight leadership, activism
Tonight’s awards ceremony at UMaine in Augusta will recognize six girls from around the state.
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PublishedApril 7, 2011
Bill would strengthen Maine law on bullying
But opponents say such legislation would violate students’ constitutional right to free speech.
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PublishedApril 6, 2011
Low math, reading scores qualify East End school for federal grants
The Portland elementary school is one of 10 in Maine that are eligible.
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PublishedApril 6, 2011
Spending plan for Portland schools approved
The Portland school board mostly spares adult ed as it sends the $91.6 million budget to the City Council.
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PublishedApril 5, 2011
East End school eligible for reform grant
Last year, Riverton Elementary School in Portland received a three-year, $3.4 million federal school-improvement grant through the same program.
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PublishedApril 4, 2011
Students back from service in Dominican Republic
They helped to build a water filtration system and to provide medical care to Haitian refugees working in sugar cane fields.
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PublishedApril 4, 2011
Bus services offer new regional monthly pass
The new pass will cost $45 per month and allow unlimited travel throughout Portland, South Portland, Westbrook and Falmouth.
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PublishedApril 4, 2011
UMaine system launches online learning site
Online.maine.edu has overviews of more than 45 online programs, direct connections to staff and links to admissions resources.
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PublishedApril 4, 2011
Mural flap makes latest Time magazine
“Milestones” page notes Gov. Paul LePage’s controversial decision to remove mural from Maine Department of Labor.
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PublishedApril 4, 2011
‘I never knew I had a powerful voice’
Catherine McAuley junior Lulu Hawkes will represent Maine at a national poetry contest in Washington.
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