She had been censured for posting a photo of a transgender high school athlete on social media.
Drew Johnson
Staff Writer
Drew is the night reporter for the Portland Press Herald. He previously covered South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth for the Sentry, Leader and Southern Forecaster. Though he is from Massachusetts, Drew grew up going to his family’s lake house in Denmark, Maine, learning to snow ski at Pleasant Mountain and water ski on Moose Pond. While he started as a “Vacationlander”, Drew adopted “the way life should be” motto and moved to Portland in 2021.
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Heat likely the cause of Casco Bay Bridge closure Wednesday
Northbound traffic into Portland came to a halt as workers addressed a mechanical issue on the bridge connecting the city and South Portland.
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Versant Power customers will see another rate increase next month
Maine’s second-largest electric utility serves about 165,000 customers in northern and eastern Maine.
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Part of Congress Street to close for railroad crossing work
The city of Portland said in a news release that the closure near St. John Street will take 1 to 6 days to complete.
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Inmate dies at Maine State Prison
Medical personnel attended the death of Ty John Michael, 56, who was sentenced on sex offender and drug charges in 2025.
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Topsham district releases report on Mt. Ararat hazing investigation
The heavily redacted report details allegations involving the boys hockey team.
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Power knocked out for thousands as high winds batter Maine
Over 36,000 CMP customers have been affected by the outage, peaking at about 21,000 customers without power at one time on Friday afternoon.
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Maine sues federal agency for pulling $9 million grant for salt marsh restoration projects
The state claims NOAA rescinded the funding in an effort to punish Maine for not complying with President Trump’s order to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports.
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State launches independent investigation into death of Maine’s 1st public safety comfort dog
Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate Labrador, died when he was left inside a state vehicle that ‘unexpectedly’ stopped running, leaving the vehicle without air conditioning.
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Maine lawmakers’ home addresses pulled from state websites after Minnesota killings
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said the addresses for legislative candidates were removed from her office’s website ‘out of an abundance of caution.’