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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PublishedFebruary 29, 2024
Judge halts enforcement of new law banning foreign spending on elections
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen blocked the state from implementing the law passed by voters in November until she rules on several lawsuits challenging its constitutionality.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Father alleges former Maine DHHS caseworker sexually assaulted him
The federal lawsuit names Morgan Polky, who admitted to sexual misconduct with the father when the state revoked her social worker license in 2018.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
MaineCare continues to deal with a cybersecurity breach that is disrupting prescriptions
Pharmacies have been authorized to fill covered prescriptions for up to 30 days until the state’s Medicaid pharmacy claims system is restored.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2024
Portland police investigate shots fired near Woodfords Corner
Investigators responded Monday afternoon to a report of multiple shots being fired from multiple vehicles.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2024
U.S. sues to block major grocery merger that would affect Shaw’s supermarkets
The lawsuit could scuttle Kroger’s $24.6 billion planned takeover of Albertsons, which owns 19 Shaw’s supermarkets in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
Westbrook man files malpractice lawsuit against Mercy Hospital after leg amputation
Jeffrey Kelley claims it all started when he was scratched by fish fins in a bag of trash he collected from outside the president’s office at Southern Maine Community College.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
Maine Forest Service offers $1 million in grants to expand urban tree canopy
Applicants must attend an online workshop Feb. 28 to qualify for forestry grants that will help establish sustainable urban woodlands, increase awareness of the benefits of trees and enhance community health and livability.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2024
Helm Oyster Bar & Bistro in Portland announces it will close
The announcement prompted an outpouring on social media, with customers saying they were ‘devastated’ and ‘heartbroken’ to lose the waterfront restraurant.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2024
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery no longer listed as contaminated Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has deleted the site from its priorities list after a 30-year effort to remove contaminated soil, sediment and other hazardous materials.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2024
Sen. King warns that without U.S. help, ‘Russia will just take over’ in Ukraine
King, whose remarks were aired by ‘CBS Sunday Morning,’ has been an ardent supporter of a large military aid package for Ukraine and other U.S. allies.
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