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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PublishedFebruary 14, 2019
Students show their mettle in precision-machining competition
Technical high school students from across Maine test their ability to fabricate metal parts – and hone their skills for well-paid jobs.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2019
20 years later: A Saco teenager’s murder remains unsolved
Ashley Ouellette was just 15 when her body was discovered on a road in Scarborough early on February 10, 1999. Every parent’s nightmare, the homicide case hasn’t been closed, but authorities insist it’s far from cold.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2019
Mills urges nearly 700 at Portland’s Martin Luther King celebration to fight fear and hate
Newly elected Gov. Janet Mills, ending an 8-year absence from the event by Maine’s chief executive, calls for all to ‘see the radiant stars of love.’
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019
Registration is slow under South Portland’s new short-term rental rules
Only one property was registered, inspected and licensed in the first two weeks – a single-family waterfront home near Willard Beach offering hosted stays overlooking Casco Bay.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2019
Maine’s youngest immigrants follow parents to citizenship
The 29 children, ages 1 to 17, came from all over the world and now live throughout southern Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2019
South Portland’s approval of 1st marijuana store uncovers lost history
The SeaWeed Co. will build a recreational-use marijuana store near the Maine Mall on a site that could be the resting place of Revolutionary War soldiers.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
South Portland to change controversial proficiency-based grading at high school
The change will take effect in the 2019-2020 school year, a decision that followed increasing complaints about the accuracy, fairness and complexity of the system adopted four years ago.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
South Portland forming municipal coalition to back pro-solar legislation, energy-saving construction
The coalition would push for an overhaul of ‘outdated energy policies at the state level that have not kept pace with progress’ when it comes to practices that reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2019
Simulated end-of-life journey delivers emotional insights
Maine hospice and health care professionals, medical students and even loved ones can broaden empathic responses via virtual reality.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2019
Cape Elizabeth group moves to protect public seaside access
The Save Our Shoreline Access Coalition submits a petition that would require at least five of seven councilors to approve the sale or release of town-held waterfront property.
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