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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PublishedApril 26, 2017
South Portland prostitution arrest helps build case against interstate sex ring
The 2015 arrest of a Chinese immigrant at a Main Street hotel led to the indictments of three New York City residents on federal sex trafficking charges.
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PublishedApril 24, 2017
South Portland drops bid for sanctuary city designation
City councilors are divided over a new proposal that largely affirms police policies and practices already in effect.
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PublishedApril 24, 2017
Maine poet is a finalist for international prize with work about husband’s dementia
Lee Sharkey and Al Bersbach of Portland will fly to Dublin this week for the prestigious Ballymaloe awards event.
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PublishedApril 18, 2017
Zoning changes near Maine Mall could open door to hundreds of housing units
Developers want to build more than 500 housing units off Clark’s Pond Parkway and Running Hill Road, a South Portland official says.
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PublishedApril 13, 2017
South Portland considers adopting status as sanctuary city
The policy would block federal agencies from using local police to deport immigrants or target Muslims, but the city would risk losing federal funding.
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PublishedApril 10, 2017
In UNE’s virtual reality lab, medical students can see through aging patients’ eyes
The college is one of four schools in the world using The Alfred Lab technology to let students experience health problems they will be treating, increasing empathy and understanding.
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PublishedApril 10, 2017
Rising property values in South Portland trigger fear of gentrification
The city will increase property tax assessments on land in neighborhoods near the water to meet a legal requirement for fair assessments based on market values.
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PublishedApril 7, 2017
Work starts Monday on new Maine Turnpike toll plaza in Scarborough
The wider plaza will allow E-ZPass drivers to cruise through at highway speed.
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PublishedApril 3, 2017
Electrical fire destroys vacant South Portland restaurant
Firefighters battled the blaze at the former Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse for more than two hours.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2017
Some Mainers get in line for passports just as processing times grow
Application offices are seeing increased activity, as people look to avoid travel problems in 2018 if the state is still out of ‘Real ID’ compliance.
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