Kayla Stewart is accused of either suffocating him or leaving him in a cold garage after she gave birth at home.
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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Fairfield woman to be arraigned in death of infant son
Kayla Stewart, 20, who is charged with murder and manslaughter, allegedly let her son die by suffocating or smothering the child, or by leaving him in a cold garage.
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Authorities seek motive in Maine arson case
A Canaan man is accused of setting his neighbors’ home on fire in September and killing their pets.
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Wood products companies look for ways to branch out
Times are tough for paper mills, but three Maine firms find that investing and adapting can help them grow.
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Waterville theater pulls Mount Vernon animal sanctuary documentary
The documentary, scheduled for next week, won’t be shown after Mother Jones magazine reported animal welfare violations at DEW Haven.
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Canaan shocked by allegations against youth minister
Lucas Savage, co-director of Youth Haven Ministry, is accused of sexually abusing a young girl at his home in Clinton.
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Former millworkers face a different, more personal grind
For those who long toiled in Maine’s papermaking industry, it’s scary to be middle-aged and laid off.
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Shutdown of Madison mill is state’s fifth in two years
More than 200 people will lose their jobs as foreign competition and a drop in demand take a toll on the state’s paper industry.
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Skowhegan man charged with threatening another, punching officer
Larry Don James Jr. is alleged to have threatened a man with a knife and to have hit a police officer in the face.
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Norridgewock to celebrate new Sophie May Library
The 176-year-old library building, named for children’s book author Rebecca ‘Sophie May’ Clarke, was closed for about a year during renovation, and an open house Saturday will celebrate its reopening.