The proposal would allow public funding of private and parochial schools, change how teachers are evaluated, and allow students greater choice in the schools they attend.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, 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 for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Maine diocese leading fight against new birth-control rule
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine is taking a leading role in a national protest against an impending federal rule that will require nonprofit employers with religious affiliations to cover birth control as part of health insurance benefits.
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In Portland, early MLK events inspired young black girl
PORTLAND — Kalahn Taylor-Clark recalled attending her first Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration hosted by the NAACP Portland Branch, in the 1980s.
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Anonymous newsletter may lead to legal action in Freeport
FREEPORT — An anonymous newsletter that attacks and offends some townspeople has prompted the Town Council to consider the legal ramifications of removing or banning anonymous printed material from municipal buildings.
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Amid an ‘inescapable crisis,’ calls for a ‘more perfect union’
PORTLAND — Kalahn Taylor-Clark recalled attending her first Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration hosted by the NAACP Portland Branch, in the 1980s.
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Freeport debates freedom of speech
FREEPORT — An anonymous newsletter that attacks and offends some townspeople has prompted the Town Council to consider the legal ramifications of removing or banning anonymous printed material from municipal buildings.
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Soccer complex opens old wounds in Freeport
FREEPORT — As a member of the Save Our Neighborhoods Coalition, Jessica McCurdy doesn’t see the need to build an indoor-outdoor soccer complex in the shadow of Hedgehog Mountain.
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LePage to attend MLK event in Waterville
Departing from the tradition of previous governors, LePage has now shunned the NAACP in Portland and Bangor two years in a row.
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Habitat for Humanity helps homeowners
FREEPORT — Every Saturday from now through May, you’ll find Hana Tallan hammering nails or spreading spackle in what will be her new home on South Street.
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Missing child cases often difficult to investigate
Experts in police procedures say missing-child cases are among the most difficult to investigate, in part because family members must be viewed as both victims and potential suspects.