The company, which is also building the Bingham Wind Project, began construction on meteorological test towers in the Misery Ridge area this week.
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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Anson, in throes of dealing with missing funds, to consider making tax collector appointed position
A town official says the proposal is unrelated to a lawsuit against Claudia Viles and $438,000 in missing town money. Also being considered is an ordinance to allow the recall of an elected official.
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Norridgewock grants permit to music and arts festival
An organizer’s desire to include a beer garden faces legal obstacles, however.
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Pilot survives crash of small plane in Starks
The town fire chief says he was about 50 feet in the air when the plane crashed into some hemlock trees Saturday.
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Federal ruling could help Madison paper mill stay competitive
But a Canadian rival is trying to offset the cost of new duties imposed by the United States.
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Skowhegan State Fair squeals to a stop with a pig scramble on final day
About 100,000 people have attended the fair over its 10-day run.
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Great North festival’s beer garden plan quashed in Norridgewock
Organizers say a permit had been approved, then was pulled because the town adheres to state blue laws prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol at the same spot.
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Mill workers reel from news of impending cuts
‘We’re a mill town,’ said a business owner. ‘Everyone is connected to someone that works there. This is the talk of the town.’
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Anson tax official drops request for return of seized cash
A lawyer for Claudia Viles, who is accused of stealing town money, said the motion was too distracting to the case at hand.
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Father of Stephanie Gebo hopes daughter’s killing provides lessons on signs of abuse
Vance Ginn also believes that his daughter would have been safer if she had left her house, and Robert Burton.