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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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Returning to Sudan for reunion – and giving back
Aruna Kenyi hopes to set up a school lunch program when he visits his parents for the first time in 14 years.
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City remaking teacher staff at Riverton
Nine more have agreed to transfer as officials switch to a more aggressive plan for improving the school.
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Pure poetry
More than 50 Longfellow fifth-graders put their work on the line in the school’s annual slam
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Former Deering principal takes post in Italy
Ken Kunin and his wife, Beth Stickney, plan a two- to four-year stay in Rome.
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Deering High concert features student works
Deering and Portland high school students composed or arranged four works to be performed at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Former Deering High principal takes Rome post
Ken Kunin and his family are moving to Rome next month but plan to return to Portland.
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Freeport community center renovation starts today
A ground-breaking ceremony at the historic Mallett House at 57 Depot St. will be held at 4 p.m.
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A head start on college aspirations
Many students at Riverton Elementary School already have their sights set on college, thanks to an innovative scholarship program that aims to inspire early interest in higher education.
Fifteen of them received $100 scholarships during an awards ceremony on Monday afternoon, sponsored by cPort Credit Union and Maine College Circle, a Yarmouth nonprofit that promotes access to higher education.
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Shifting sands of advancing technology challenge a school building for the future
Today’s decisions about teaching methods and classroom tools may be outdated in five years, when the renovation is done.