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 4, 2010
In fight against hate, armed with understanding
An anti-bias activist believes if people have the chance to talk, they’ll be less likely to tolerate hateful behavior.
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PublishedApril 2, 2010
City manager releases $196M budget proposal
The spending plan for FY11 calls for closing three Portland Public Library branches, raising the cost of city’s blue trash bags and eliminating July 4th fireworks and parking-ticket forgiveness.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Panel offers tips on sports funding
PORTLAND — Representatives of the Boston Scholar Athlete Program told city school officials Wednesday how their new organization is trying to promote academics through an innovative corporate-sponsored sports program. School Committee members Sarah Thompson and Jaimey Caron invited the representatives to make a presentation. They’re investigating non-tax funding options because sports and other extracurricular programs […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
City school budget gets committee’s approval
The plan would eliminate 64 positions and would add 11 cents to the property tax rate.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Boston athletic program reps share experience with Portland school officials
School Committee members are looking for non-tax funding sources for sports and other extracurricular activities.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Riverton anxious to elevate its scores
Staffers at the elementary school are already looking for ways to pursue funds to help students improve.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Portland group winstop environmental honor
The community coalition is working to reduce waste in the city’s public schools.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
King, Lincoln math teamsshine at state meet
King Middle School student Evan Peaco will help represent Maine at the national MATHCOUNTS competition at Disney World in May.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
State releases data onall low-achieving schools
Ten persistently lowest-achieving schools must notify the state by Friday if they plan to apply for a share of $12 million in federal funding to pursue aggressive improvement plans.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Changes in sex ed may force overhaul of health program
PORTLAND – A push to change the way the city’s public schools offer sex education may force an overhaul of the district’s health curriculum, school officials said Monday. To save more than $200,000 a year, school officials plan to do away with the family living and human sexuality program after the 2010-11 school year and […]
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