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 3, 2011
Feature Obituary: Kathleen Balzano, 67, led life defined by family and service
PORTLAND – The call to service was strong when Kathleen Marie Howland graduated from Cathedral High School in 1962. “Back then, you either became a nun or a nurse, or both,” said Thomas J. Balzano of Portland, one of her four sons. The call to marriage was a bit stronger, however, so she delayed starting […]
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PublishedApril 2, 2011
Federal lawsuit seeks return of mural to Labor Department
Gov. LePage’s removal of the artwork violated the free-speech rights of all Mainers, the suit claims.
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
Scarborough firefighters battle three-alarm blaze
The fire was reported around 8:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood off Route 1, near the Scarborough Connector to Interstate 295.
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
State police investigate Alfred death
The cause of the man’s death is unclear, but it doesn’t appear to be suspicious.
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
Lawsuit: Return mural to Labor Dept.
The complaint asks the court to compel Gov. Paul LePage and other officials to restore the mural to its original location.
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
Scarborough Beach parking consensus reached
The Zoning Board of Appeals will allow 370 spaces instead of 500.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2011
Film aims to ease race to achieve
Nearly 500 gather at Yarmouth High to watch the film ‘Race to Nowhere,’ which raises disturbing questions about the pressures on today’s young people.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2011
Portland teachers OK contract that delays some pay increases
Teachers also agree to add five teaching days – increasing the number of school days to 180 and surpassing the state-required 175.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2011
Portland teachers agree to salary freeze
Three-year contract will save $800,000 in anticipated wage increases in the coming school year.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
Expelled kids find road back
A Windham program helps expelled youths keep up with classes, avoid re-offending and work toward graduation
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