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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PublishedAugust 22, 2010
Cora Brown turns 100, but the real feat is how she touched thousands of families
Cora Brown remains active – since 1935 – in two of Maine’s oldest charities, overseeing requests for food and fuel aid.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2010
City to hire four teachers to meet enrollment need
After 45 jobs were cut in the spring, the district will get 150 more students than estimated.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2010
Riverton leads list of federal funding
The Portland school is eligible for $3.4 million of Maine’s $12 million in federal funds for low-performing schools.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2010
Riverton elementary gets $3.4M in reform funding
Schools in Lewiston and Sullivan also get funding news.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2010
Portland’s principals tightening their belts
Uncertainty about state funding for education brings an order to reduce spending for supplies.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2010
Superintendent: Reiche ripe for new leadership model
A study would help determine if the school’s strong, cohesive teaching staff should lead as a team.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2010
Falmouth makes error in reporting graduation data
The actual graduation rate in 2008-09 was 94.01 percent, but the reported rate of 89.71 percent will remain on the books.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2010
Yarnevich named principal of Reiche Community School
He was principal of Trinity Catholic School in Lewiston for the last three years and previously worked at several schools in Arizona.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2010
Portland steps up to the task of sprucing up its schools
The fix-it list includes restoring the terrazzo foyer at Portland High
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PublishedAugust 8, 2010
Longtime McAuley leadership changing
After 30 years, the girls’ school’s new principal will be lay teacher-administrator.
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