The Ferry Beach Ecology School immerses Portland seventh-graders in environmental learning.
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.
Posted inNews
Maine lab mice off on a voyage of Discovery
Their mission: To determine what effect zero gravity has on their ability to fight infection.
advertisement
Posted inLife & Culture
Mice in space
Sixteen critters from Bar Harbor laboratory hitch ride on Space Shuttle Discovery as part of immunology experiment.
Posted inNews
Portland High mounts SAT campaign
Officials work hard to increase participation in order to assess programs and protect funding.
Posted inNews
USM professor honored for promoting public service
Lorrayne Carroll wins award from Maine Campus Compact for incorporating service-learning in her curriculum.
Posted inNews
USM digital learning center moves to Lewiston campus
Program founded by former governor supports teaching and learning practices involving digital media.
Posted inNews
USM professor wins humanities award
Joseph Conforti of Portland is honored for helping groups across Maine.
Posted inNews
Portland school board OKs common schedule for high schools
PORTLAND — Students at the city’s three public high schools will begin sharing a common schedule in the fall, under a plan unanimously approved by the School Committee tonight. Portland, Deering and Casco Bay high schools will schedule and combine certain low-enrollment classes during periods at the start and end of each day. The core […]
Posted inNews
City schools to set consistent goals
The district will create a coordinated curriculum for each subject, K-12, the superintendent says.
Posted inNews
Honored city employee makes impassioned plea
Nelida Berke asks public for respect and “a chance” for Latinos in Maine.