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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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Portland seeks new fundingsources for sports, music
The School Committee is looking to ensure long-term survival, possibly through community help and grants.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2010
Gay rights group honors sponsor of marriage bill
State Sen. Dennis Damon kicked off a historic year for the state, says the head of EqualityMaine.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2010
School review list to be released
On Tuesday, the Maine Department of Education will release academic achievement data for more than 500 public schools that were reviewed in the state’s recent effort to identify 10 persistently lowest-achieving schools. Education Commissioner Susan Gendron says she is providing the background data because several school officials, legislators and others asked for it. On March […]
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PublishedMarch 27, 2010
Limington man charged with wife’s murder
State police say Patrick Dapolito and Kelly Winslow-Dapolito were married about six months when he shot her in the head on March 16 and left her body on land owned by his father in Upton.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2010
York man charged in home burglaries
Police say David Barrett took more than $5,000 in cash, credit cards, Social Security cards and prescription drugs from several homes in town.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2010
Democrats try to create space in crowded field
Jobs and the economy were the hot topics for the five candidates for governor.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2010
Adoption scammer gets nine-month sentence
PORTLAND — A Westbrook woman who pleaded guilty in an adoption scam involving couples in New Jersey and California received a nine-month jail sentence Friday in Cumberland County Superior Court. In an agreement with prosecutors, Misty Sargent admitted to two counts of felony theft. She promised to give her unborn baby to three couples, including […]
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PublishedMarch 25, 2010
Portland School Board askedto save programs, positions
Public comments on the scaled-back budget include an idea that teachers and others accept a pay freeze next year.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2010
Morse: Shake-up would save city schools nearly $38,000
Portland’s school board is scheduled to receive the superintendent’s administrative plan tonight.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2010
Suggestions on school budget in Portland? Tell the board
A public hearing tonight will take a look at next year’s spending proposal, which includes layoffs and expanded programs.
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