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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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
UMaine creating $4.5 million Food Innovation Lab
The production and processing facility planned for the Orono campus is expected to support growth in Maine’s food and beverage manufacturing sectors.
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Posted inMaine, News
Gov. Mills swears in new chief medical examiner for Maine
Dr. Alice Briones is a Maine native who recently retired as head of the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Portland man sentenced in Fourth of July shooting at Naples Causeway
Alexzander Goodwin, 19, pleaded guilty to assault and drug-trafficking charges in a holiday incident a year ago that injured a Westbrook High School student, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Typical Maine home now costs over $398,000 – a record
The median home price of $398,250 in May broke the previous record of $385,000 set in June 2023.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Solar eclipse in April boosted spending across Maine. Here are the numbers
Towns in the path of totality, where the moon fully blocked the sun, experienced double-digit increases in visitation.
Posted inMaine, News
Quicksand startles woman who suddenly sinks hip deep at Popham Beach
Rangers at the state park were expected to install warning signs telling beachgoers what to do if they step in supersaturated sand.
Posted inMaine
Maine State Police search for teen missing nearly a week
Kylie Townsend-Ireland was last seen May 13 in Parsonsfield.
Posted inMaine, Outdoors
More than 72,000 people enter this year’s Maine moose hunting permit lottery
Residents and nonresidents registered online in hopes of winning 1 of 4,105 permits that will be distributed via a drawing in June.
Posted inMaine
Maine unemployment rate holds steady in April
The preliminary rate for last month is 3.1%, down slightly from March, the Maine Department of Labor reports.