John Terhune

Press Herald

John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.

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Published
August 21, 2022

Highland Games connect Mainers to Scottish roots

The 43rd annual Maine Highland Games brought traditional Scotish athletics, piping and dance competitions to Brunswick on Saturday.
Published
August 15, 2022

Electric slide: Consumers and government push for more electric vehicles

Maine is pushing to increase the number of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the road from 7,000 to 219,000 by 2030.
Published
August 4, 2022

Faced with educator shortage, Brunswick school joins wave of schools hiring from within

Former Kate Furbish Vice Principal Annie Young will take on the school’s interim principal role this year while many other districts struggle to fill teacher, administrator and support staff roles.
Published
July 25, 2022

BIW wins contract to help design next-gen destroyer

The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a contract to help design its next generation of destroyers, the shipyard announced in a press release Friday afternoon.
Published
July 4, 2022

Pinball wizards and moral decay? Freeport reconsiders historic gaming restrictions

On July 5, the Freeport Town Council will consider changing a decades-old ordinance that regulates pinball and other coin-operated games.
Published
June 30, 2022

Brunswick aerospace company to build Downeast launch site

BluShift Aerospace on Wednesday announced plans to build a space complex in Steuben, but company founder and CEO Sasha Deri said Brunswick will remain the company’s base.
Published
June 24, 2022

House committee approves another warship, could benefit Bath Iron Works

The House Armed Services Committee voted early Thursday to approve its markup of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which includes funds for a third DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, due in part to lobbying from Rep. Jared Golden.
Published
June 23, 2022

First Maine Oyster Festival coming to Freeport

The festival will give Freeport residents and guests a chance to sample shellfish from up and down Maine’s coast.
Published
June 20, 2022

Government forced to cover plaintiffs’ legal fees in Topsham bridge battle

A Portland judge ruled Friday that the government must cover 70% of Friends of Frank J. Wood Bridge’s legal fees after a lengthy battle over the future of the historical structure, but the bridge may still be replaced.
Published
June 5, 2022

Bath group launches replica of 400-plus-year-old ship after decades of work

Thousands gathered in Bath Saturday to watch the christening and launch of Virginia, a reconstruction of the first English-built oceangoing ship built in the Americas.