Newspapers in Portland, Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville are opposing the anonymity of health care workers challenging Maine’s vaccine mandate.
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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Pride and Cohen win South Portland City Council seats
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Westbrook voters approve ranked-choice voting in municipal elections
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