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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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Maine agencies, Afghan community leaders respond to growing number of refugees
The Afghan Community of Maine formally organizes as two new agencies join Catholic Charities Maine in resettling as many as 225 Afghan refugees.
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Recount confirms Cape council election results
The vote in the race for three seats was challenged by fourth-place finisher Victoria Volent.
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Maine newspapers fight anonymous testimony in lawsuit challenging vaccine mandate
Newspapers in Portland, Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville are opposing the anonymity of health care workers challenging Maine’s vaccine mandate.
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Cape Elizabeth to hold recount in close Town Council race
Just a few votes stand between Timothy Reiniger and Victoria Volent in the four-way race for three seats.
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Developers of former South Portland Shipyard focus on sustainability
Owners of the prime 30-acre coastal site have hired a world-renowned sustainability expert to help them shape its redevelopment.
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‘Equal rights meant equal duties’ for veteran who blazed her own path
Maureen ‘Mo’ Ramsey’s 32-year military career took her from the height of the civil rights movement in Washington D.C. to the combat zone of Afghanistan.
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Cape Elizabeth certifies referendum petition challenging affordable housing proposal
Opponents of Dunham Court collected enough valid voter signatures to challenge recent zoning changes that would make the 46-unit project possible.
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South Portland council finally approves new offseason leash restrictions
Under new rules, dogs will have to be leashed during midday hours at Willard Beach and Hinckley Park.
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Release of Biden vaccine mandate raises questions for many Maine employers
Some employers, particularly those in the public sector, still don’t know how or whether the vaccination-or-testing mandate for workers will apply to them.