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Kelley Bouchard
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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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Incident spurs call for school use review
A city School Committee member says she’s ‘appalled’ at how GOP guests treated a classroom.
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Fulbright Scholar from Kenya to teach at UNE
Helida Oyieke will lecture on tropical marine plant communities and women in the African environment.
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USM professor named Fulbright Scholar
Richard Maiman will teach law students about human rights at the University of Pretoria in the Republic of South Africa.
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Moore students win top prize in citizenship showcase
Their project, “Greening Our Schools,” will represent Maine in national competition in Kentucky in July.
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King students to show projects at Expo
Students will display and explain educational projects developed through the school’s Expeditionary Learning curriculum.
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USM profs honored for science bowl efforts
Robert Sanford and Robert Kuech started the regional science bowl competition 10 years ago.
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Education coalition launches excellence initiative
The goal is to improve and promote education as the foundation for a stronger state economy.
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Poster theft prompts call for school policy review
A School Committee member wants to prevent incidents like the one that happened last weekend at King Middle School during the Republican State Convention.
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Portland approves school budget
The issue draws a low turnout, but a 71 percent majority of voters pass the $89.9 million spending measure for 2010-11.