Work crews dismantle the bones of the last of South Portland’s mammoth shipyard, where 244 Liberty ships were built during World War II.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, 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, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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UMaine president job down to four finalists
A search committee has picked four finalists for president of the University of Maine, UMaine System Chancellor Richard Pattenaude announced Tuesday. The one chosen to be the 19th president of the system’s flagship university in Orono will succeed Robert Kennedy, who plans to step down in June. The finalists are: • Donald J. Farish, Ph.D., […]
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Here, crime pays … as a teaching tool
PORTLAND — One could almost hear the heart-thumping strains of The Who as students filed into the mock crime scene on the fourth floor of Deering High School on Tuesday. Details of the case could have been “ripped from the headlines” or featured in the latest episode of “CSI.” It was the first day of […]
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Four finalists named for UMaine presidency
The current president, Robert Kennedy, plans to step down in June.
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Stephen Colbert notes LePage remarks
Gov. Paul LePage’s recent controversial remarks about the NAACP were featured on The Colbert Report on Monday night. Stephen Colbert, host of the satirical late-night news program on Comedy Central, opened the show with a riff on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Colbert noted that the holiday is still “marred by controversy” and that Maine’s […]
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Maine pays tributeto Martin Luther King Jr.
PORTLAND — They marched down Congress Street, shouting in unison, “This is what democracy looks like,” and carrying signs with slogans such as “Enraged by LePage” and “Civility Not Division.”
About 500 people braved the cold Monday afternoon to join a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and rally for justice on the steps of City Hall. The long-planned event was fueled by recent controversial statements from newly inaugurated Gov. Paul LePage.
Several community and church leaders delivered impassioned speeches to the gathering, including City Councilor Dory Waxman, who shared some of her father-in-law’s advice.
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Hundreds march and rally at Portland City Hall
Marchers shout “This is what democracy looks like” and carry signs with slogans such as “Enraged by LePage” and “Civility Not Division.”
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King Day 2011: Emotions run high
The 30th anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Sunday was marked by sadness and outrage over Gov. Paul LePage’s comments last week about why he wouldn’t attend the NAACP Portland Branch’s premier annual event.
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Kids test their voices in MLK Day projects
PORTLAND – In Sahro Atoor’s neighborhood, it’s easy to feel like an outsider. One day, a car drove by Atoor’s friend and the white men inside yelled racial epithets. “Go back to your country,” one of them shouted. In Kennedy Park, the housing complex where Atoor lives, kids hang around in cliques and talk trash […]
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Schools ready for sports equality review
Portland has done an audit already that shows two problems in avoiding gender discrimination.