Maine’s congressional delegation asks for help devising a plan to encourage economic growth, but Gov. LePage opts out.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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Waterville business offers an escape from reality
For $20 a person, the escape room locks people in a cell and gives them an hour to get out.
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Crowdfunded Waterville dog faces more heart surgery
Samantha Fields says she and Addie, her 17-month-old foster dog, will try again in two weeks.
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State fire marshal to investigate Belmont Avenue blaze in Waterville
A garage, pickup truck and boat were destroyed in the fire, that also damaged the two-apartment house Wednesday night.
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Police continue to investigate deadly Rangeley shooting
Nearly two weeks after one man was killed and two others injured, no arrests have been made.
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Winslow wildfire fueled by dry conditions
A fire that burned for more than three hours Tuesday on the China-Winslow municipal boundary was fueled by dry conditions affecting most parts of the state, the Winslow fire chief said.
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Poliquin practices art of the dodge when it comes to Trump
A day after Sen. Susan Collins said she won’t vote for the Republican presidential nominee, a spokesman for Rep. Poliquin would not comment on Trump’s candidacy.
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Quest to visit graves of dead poets includes prolific all-but-forgotten Colby graduate
In Vassalboro, historian Walter Skold finds the grave of Holman Day, who produced more than 25 books, wrote for newspapers and even worked on movies in the early 1920s.
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Former Somerset County clerk to serve 16 months for embezzling from DA’s office
Between April 2010 and October 2014, Julie Smith stole $91,345 in cash from the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office in Skowhegan.
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LePage can’t help owners of damaged roads
He tells them the responsibility falls to the Legislature to consider an emergency bill to help fix the private roads.