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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PublishedFebruary 14, 2011
Riverton School: Reaching to improve
Teachers say ‘students are responding’ to an effort to get off the list of 10 lowest-performing schools.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2011
‘This is my country now’
The U.S. welcomes 32 new citizens from 15 countries, while fifth-graders from Falmouth learn about the rigorous process of becoming an American.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2011
Portland schools approve retirement incentive
Officials facing a tight budget offer the enhanced packages to about 200 workers to reduce payroll and layoffs.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2011
Casco Bay High School has room to grow
A task force recommends adding 100 students to the school within three years.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2011
Maine’s robotics teams give engineering a spin
While the teens must raise thousands of dollars and spend countless hours, it’s not just about the ‘bots.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2011
For local superintendents, deciding when to cancel school often a tough call
When Reza Namin visits a classroom in one of Westbrook’s four elementary schools, children often recognize him for the one thing he does as superintendent that affects them directly. One student invariably pipes up, “You’re the man who calls school off on snow days!” While students and staff members often relish snow days as unexpected […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2011
At-risk Westbrook students chart new course for success
The program targets the dropout rate by bridging the middle school, high school gap.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2011
Portland superintendent cancels school Wednesday
Wednesday’s storm is expected to start in the early morning hours and bring 9 to 18 inches of snow.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2011
Music programs get tuneup
Portland’s audit is part of an effort to make better-informed school spending decisions.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2011
Aid dries up; schools brace for shortfalls
It wasn’t unexpected, but districts are still looking at ‘horrible’ times thanks to a $60 million reduction.
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