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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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
Judge approves settlement in EPA lawsuit over Global oil tanks in South Portland
U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby says the public’s objections to the settlement may be valid, but they weren’t enough to make him reject the deal.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2019
Controversy over Portland’s new shelter gets messy with vandalism at City Hall
The graffiti focuses on the controversy over the capacity of the planned shelter that’s before the City Council.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2019
Record-setting rainfall swells rivers, floods roads across southern Maine
A total of 3.37 inches is recorded at Portland International Jetport, breaking the previous Dec. 14 record of 1.74 inches, set in 1917.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2019
Kurdish Mainers dismayed over Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops in Syria
Though small in number, they express fear and concern for their kinsmen who are under Turkish attack.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2019
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir begins 6-month mission on International Space Station
Meir, a native of Caribou, is living her dream, participating in her first space mission.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2019
Summit on Maine’s aging population strikes new tone under Mills administration
Participants in the daylong annual conference on issues facing the oldest state note optimism and action that were missing under former Gov. Paul LePage.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2019
Gates upset fans of scenic Prouts Neck Cliff Walk, raise issue of access to waterfront
The Prouts Neck Association installs lockable gates on the renowned shoreline path, upsetting people who have long enjoyed free access and creating ‘potentially a very murky legal matter.’
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2019
Mainers with ties to Bahamas worry about islanders as Dorian’s destruction is revealed
Several families from Maine and New Hampshire who spend the holidays together in the Abaco Islands say they want to help the recovery from Hurricane Dorian.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2019
Microchip returns ailing cat to its grateful family after a 10-year absence
Miss Kitty was reunited with her family in Topsham after a mysterious adventure, but efforts to save the beloved calico ultimately failed, leaving them grieving.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
Scarborough homeowners balk at first townwide revaluation in 14 years
Hundreds of Scarborough residents are reeling after the first comprehensive property revaluation since 2005 results in big increases.
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