She became a leader in her class and an advocate for women in professional trades.
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.
Clairette Kirezi: Greater Portland Christian School
She helped her family succeed as immigrants and plans to become a doctor to help others.
Maine’s Graduates to Watch: Class of 2020
These high school students have already distinguished themselves and are graduating at an extraordinary time.
Joshua Bragdon: Gray-New Gloucester High School
He has been an essential employee during the pandemic and wants to pursue a career in business.
EPA reaches settlement over Sprague oil tank emissions
Sprague Resources LP has agreed to properly license and reduce air pollution from tank farms in South Portland, Searsport and five other New England cities.
South Portland Land Trust to distribute free tree seedlings
The trust has received a donation of 1,000 cedar seedlings, bundled in sets of 10, that will be available for pickup at Mill Creek Park over the next two Saturdays.
Virtual music group videos engage Maine students, communities during pandemic
Their youthful, hopeful voices counterbalance the din of disturbing public health reports, gun-toting protesters and politicians dealing with an unprecedented global threat.
South Portland cancels several popular summer events because of pandemic
City officials have yet to decide whether the long-running Art in the Park, a yearly gathering of more than 150 artists from across Maine, will be held in August.
Census workers to deliver 2020 packets to Mainers in remote areas
Contactless deliveries will be done in areas where most households don’t receive mail at home.
Deaths at Maine Veterans’ Home touch wider community
The loss of 12 residents to COVID-19 at the long-term care facility in Scarborough heightens sadness and concern across Maine.