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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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
To improve economy, Maine must address struggling youth and high cost of living, report finds
A prolonged worker shortage is holding back the state economy, according the Maine Economic Growth Council and Maine Development Foundation.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2024
Dairy task force recommends boosting subsidy to preserve Maine farms
A draft report calls for additional taxes on gambling, cannabis or cigarettes to help stabilize funding for the subsidy program that protects Maine’s struggling dairy farms.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2024
Portland Jetport plans nearly $5 million in improvements
The money would fund upgrades to the passenger terminal building and parking garage, and the development of a new over-the-water flight path meant to reduce neighborhood noise complaints.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2024
Homeowners in Gorham Connector’s path brace for impact
More than 20 years after the Maine Turnpike Authority began the conversation about building the 5-mile, 4-lane toll highway, homeowners who would be displaced by the project still find their lives hang in the balance.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2024
Maine gets $53 million to improve freight rail safety, reconnect former Millinocket mill site
The federal funding will be used to upgrade mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties and restore a rail service to the Great Northern Paper mill redevelopment site.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2024
Do your groceries need to be tossed out? What we know about the listeria recalls in Maine
A recent spate of listeria recalls is causing alarm.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2024
E-ZPass center to be moved temporarily during construction
The customer service center at Maine Turnpike Authority headquarters will be under renovation into January.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2024
Maine businesses recognize Indigenous Peoples Day in different ways
Five years after the state changed the October holiday from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, some businesses are giving workers the day off while others are trying to foster greater cultural awareness.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2024
Hannaford makes midlevel managers eligible for overtime, but some may see pay dip
They’ll have to work 45 hours per week to earn the same salary they got for 40 as the company addresses a labor shortage.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2024
Impact of national port worker strike unclear in Maine
Eimskip, Portland’s sole shipper, employs 50 members of the longshoremen’s union but is not involved with the national labor agreement being negotiated.
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