Kelley Bouchard

Staff Writer

Kelley Bouchard writes about what’s happening in Maine and beyond, with a focus on South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and other communities in Cumberland County. Her interests include housing, immigration, human rights, history, aging issues, sustainability, the environment and the untold story. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. Before joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1998, she was a reporter for 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.

Latest

Published
April 20, 2010

Students to hunt for ghosts at Portland High

A new media class will use voice recorders, low-light cameras, hands-off laser temperature gauges and electromagnetic frequency readers to conduct the hunt.
Published
April 20, 2010

Maine Med appoints new COO

Jeff Sanders is a Maine native who has been working in Utah hospitals.
Published
April 20, 2010

Candidates asked to back school health centers

Studenta tell gubernatorial hopefuls that Maine’s 27 centers are cost-effective and convenient and they want more schools to have them.
Published
April 19, 2010

Gendron looks ahead to high-profile consulting job

The state education commissioner will step down from her position at the end of this month.
Published
April 15, 2010

Time Warner donates money to support service learning

The cable company provided the money as part of its science and technology education initiative.
Published
April 15, 2010

USM faculty group to weigh in on plan

The 60-member panel will vote Friday on the president’s proposal for administrative changes.
Published
April 15, 2010

Community colleges to freeze tuition

The state is committed to keeping higher education affordable, especially in this economy, officials say.
Published
April 14, 2010

USM faculty senate to vote on college reorg plan

The proposal would reduce the university’s academic structure from eight to five schools or colleges and save as much as $750,000 per year on administration.
Published
April 14, 2010

Community colleges freeze tuition again

For a full-time student taking 30 credit hours over two semesters, annual tuition in the coming school year will remain at $2,520.
Published
April 14, 2010

Principal at East End stepping down

Superintendent Jim Morse says Carol Dayn, head of the school since 2006, is leaving ‘for her own reasons.’