Officials want a consultant to explore ways to offer West School’s day-treatment program to other districts.
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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In Catholic bastion, a painful reality
Declining membership and rising costs are likely to force two more Lewiston churches to be shut down and sold.
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Rice family enjoys a ‘fantastic journey’
Lois Dickson Rice grew up in Maine and is the mother of Susan Rice, a recent Obama nominee.
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Maine native’s daughter gets Cabinet post
Susan Rice, named U.N. ambassador, often visits her family’s summer home in Lincolnville.
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Obama adviser sees chance at King’s goal
‘I never dreamed I’d see a room this diverse in Maine,’ Susan Rice said during her remarks at Portland’s 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration.
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Saco family to carry on father’s search for killer
Robert Ouellette, who died of a heart attack, never stopped believing in justice for his slain daughter.
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MERC: A point of reckoning for ‘Trash Town U.S.A.’
The trash-to-energy plant was built in the wrong place, downtown Biddeford, many agree. But what to do now?
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Memorial brings grief to surface
As Thornton Academy dedicates a granite bench to Ashley Ouellette, classmates relive loss and frustration.