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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PublishedNovember 18, 2023
Ecomaine gets $2 million grant to promote recycling among residents of multifamily homes
The EPA grant will fund educational outreach and expand access to single-stream recycling programs.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2023
Portland International Jetport’s parking plan upsets next-door neighbors
Residents of the Stroudwater neighborhood say a plan to add more than 700 parking spaces at Maine’s largest airport would increase their exposure to noise, light and air pollution.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2023
Maine’s first Costco set to open in one week
Costco opens next week in Scarborough, within a hub of commercial development.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Westbrook couple sues over firings involving Frontier Airlines and a flight services company
Lexus Rodriguez and Jaylyn Romero say they were wrongfully fired, via the same text message, from their jobs at the Portland International Jetport in violation of Maine’s human rights and whistleblower protection laws.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Fournier, Bullett and Sykes win Portland City Council races
Councilor April Fournier was reelected to an at-large seat, with Anna Bullett and Kate Sykes taking district seats.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Scarborough voters reject $160 million K-3 unified school project
The project would have consolidated three primary schools and all third-graders into one new building, moved sixth-graders into Wentworth School and renovated Scarborough Middle School.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Future of Maine’s power companies tops issues in Tuesday’s elections
Voters will be deciding eight state referendum questions and electing mayors in Portland, Biddeford, Lewiston and Auburn.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2023
Maine adds 8 species to state’s endangered and threatened list
Four species were added to the list because they are endangered or threatened by environmental impacts of climate change.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
Executive director resigns from Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center
Reza Jalali is credited with leading the center to financial and organizational stability and launching a host of programs to improve the lives of new Mainers.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
Tuberculosis case reported on UMaine Machias campus
Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease that usually infects the lungs but also can affect the kidneys, spine and brain, according to the Maine CDC.
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