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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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New group to help parents of ADHD sufferers
A Portland school psychologist will lead parents in a quest to better understand the disorder.
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Report links sports, higher grades for students
School Committee members say the findings show the need to preserve funding for extracurricular activities.
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Donors investing in students
Private money is pouring in to help community colleges cope with growth
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Maine community college enrollments up again
Enrollment has grown 77 percent, from 10,127 to 17,967 students, in the last eight years.
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City’s needs central in Question 1 debate
A forum presents the pros and cons of making Portland’s mayor an elected, four-year post.
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Children face glasses problem as Portland clinics cut costs
Schools are raising money to help pay for eyewear even after the state upped its fee to $14.40 this week.
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Two Maine schools get Blue Ribbon honors
Kennebunkport and Bangor schools win national recorgnition.
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Portland schools grow, may add four teachers
The district cut 45 jobs last spring, but first-day enrollment is up about 200 students from 2009.
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Coliform bacteria found in Yarmouth water tests
However, the follow-up samples taken at both locations tested negative, Water District officials say.