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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PublishedJuly 21, 2024
New commuter bus service between Portland, Lewiston-Auburn starts Monday
Riders may buy tickets for The LAP on a transit app or pay the driver the exact cash amount, which is $8 one way.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2024
Auburn woman injured in Harrison crash expected to recover
The woman was unconscious and not breathing before first responders initiated life-saving measures.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2024
Worldwide software glitch snarls Maine banks, businesses
Flights at the Portland International Jetport were canceled or delayed, some Mainers were blocked from accessing bank accounts, and businesses of all kinds saw interruptions in operations after a CrowdStrike software glitch.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
Online booking alerts now offered for busy Acadia National Park
The email alerts from recreation.gov let travelers know when preferred camp sites and vehicle reservations are available.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
UMaine creating $4.5 million Food Innovation Lab
The production and processing facility planned for the Orono campus is expected to support growth in Maine’s food and beverage manufacturing sectors.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2024
Gov. Mills swears in new chief medical examiner for Maine
Dr. Alice Briones is a Maine native who recently retired as head of the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2024
State police investigate after driver strikes car, garage in Parsonsfield
Joshua Hermance, 23, is charged with leaving the scene after crashing the boat-carrying pickup he was driving into a garage on Route 160.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2024
Smiling Hill Farm’s historic legacy could foil Gorham Connector plan
The Maine Turnpike Authority has known for years that the farm was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places – but has never publicly disclosed that or its potential impact on the controversial highway project.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2024
Motorcyclist injured in crash on Meadow Road in Casco
Nicholas Murdock, 35, was transported via LifeFlight of Maine to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2024
Portland man sentenced in Fourth of July shooting at Naples Causeway
Alexzander Goodwin, 19, pleaded guilty to assault and drug-trafficking charges in a holiday incident a year ago that injured a Westbrook High School student, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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