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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PublishedJanuary 17, 2012
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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PublishedJanuary 16, 2012
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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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012
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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PublishedJanuary 9, 2012
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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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012
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.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
Plans for Downeaster Brunswick facility move ahead
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is moving ahead with plans to build a layover and maintenance facility for the Amtrak Downeaster at a controversial site in Brunswick, despite the recent loss of a federal grant that would have paid for the project.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
Grant for Brunswick facility is rejected
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is moving ahead with plans to build a layover and maintenance facility for the Amtrak Downeaster at a controversial site in Brunswick, despite the recent loss of a federal grant that would have paid for the project.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Portland gives protesters Monday deadline
PORTLAND — City officials notified Occupy Maine on Thursday that its encampment in Lincoln Park must be removed by noon on Monday unless the protest group, as it has promised, files a federal lawsuit against the city before then.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2011
Bird enthusiasts begim annual Audobon Christmas bird count
Today through Jan. 5, bird enthusiasts across North America and beyond will participate in the National Audubon Society’s 112th annual Christmas bird count.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2011
Ground broken for South Berwick Roman Catholic Church
SOUTH BERWICK — Shiny shovels tore into damp gravel Wednesday afternoon, breaking ground for a new Roman Catholic church and raising hope for the vitality of the faith in Maine.
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