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.

Maine

Wardens step up boating patrols during July 4th weekend

by Kelley Bouchard June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

The Maine Warden Service will be enforcing boating laws, looking for intoxicated operators and educating about invasive species in waterways.

Maine, News

Unhealthy ozone levels, heat to descend on state Friday

by Kelley Bouchard June 30, 2022July 1, 2022

July kicks off with a warning for people with breathing issues and others.

Maine, Nation & World, News

South Portland hotels will continue housing homeless individuals

by Kelley Bouchard June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

The hotels’ owner planned to stop the state-contracted service by the end of the month, but efforts to open an alternative emergency shelter have failed.

Maine

Maine communities could benefit from grants to improve coastal resiliency

by Edward D. Murphy and Kelley Bouchard June 29, 2022July 5, 2022

Nearly $1.5 billion is available to help coastal communities nationwide restore marine ecosystems and plan for the impact of climate change.

Maine, News

Gorham man pleads guilty to participating in Capitol riot

by Kelley Bouchard June 28, 2022June 29, 2022

Nicholas P. Hendrix admitted to ‘willfully and knowingly’ entering the Capitol through the Rotunda door with a crowd of rioters on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021.