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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PublishedJanuary 10, 2011
SMCC’s Ortiz: a tough act to follow
The college president, who will retire in July, is credited with overseeing a period of great expansion.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2011
Pingree: Shooting a wake-up call for toning down political rhetoric
Maine’s congressional delegation is shocked by the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2011
Feature Obituary: Bette Pennell, 85, longtime owner of Bette’s Lunch
SCARBOROUGH – Whenever town workers were out straight plowing snow or fighting a fire, Bette Pennell would trudge up Black Point Road in the middle of the night to open her small restaurant on Route 1. The town tore down Bette’s Lunch in 2003, the year after Pennell retired because of failing health. But few […]
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2011
Baker retiring as Westbrook chief of police
He will leave the position in Westbrook to work from his Portland home for an FBI contractor.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2011
SMCC President Ortiz to retire
James Ortiz has led the fast-growing community college since February 2002.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2011
City schools, unions to start contract talks
Negotiations with the four groups are scheduled as Portland prepares to lose $6 million in federal funds.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2011
Steering committee will guide school plan
The comprehensive plan will outline academic, financial and operational goals for the district.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2011
The last Mass
The pews in Biddeford’s St. Andre Church are filled for a emotional service on Friday.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2010
Ski lift stays closed, inspection continues
Another victim is sent home from the hospital as he recovers from fractures in two vertebrae suffered in a fall when a chairlift derailed.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2010
Failed Sugarloaf lift still closed; probe continues
A damaged chairlift at Sugarloaf Mountain Resort will remain closed today as state inspectors continue their investigation into a cable derailment that sent eight skiers to area hospitals earlier this week.
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