Rachel Ohm

Press Herald

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.

Latest

Published
January 26, 2016

Anson-Madison Water District plans $3.2 million upgrade

The proposed project would replace a 4-mile stretch of water line that has been prone to breaks, but it also could mean a rate increase for users.
Published
January 26, 2016

Madison Paper production cutback could last months

The cutback to five days a week from seven is expected to affect workers financially, the mill’s union president said.
Published
January 26, 2016

Athens family homeless after mobile home fire

A woman who was home at the time the fire at 193 South Main St. in Athens was taken the hospital with burns on her hands.
Published
January 25, 2016

Fairfield woman enters no plea to charge of murdering infant son

A Harnish hearing, which will determine if Kayla Stewart, 20, should be held with no bail, will be held at a date to be set.
Published
January 24, 2016

Brighton Plantation home damaged by chimney fire

The home belongs to the town’s first selectwoman and her husband and sustained extensive fire and water damage, according to their daughter.
Published
January 23, 2016

Boston snowmobiler injured in Rangeley area crash

The rider struck a tree after failing to negotiate a turn on a section of trail between Rangeley and Eustis, the Maine Warden Service said.
Published
January 23, 2016

Snodeo draws thousands to Rangeley

Riders reported varying trail conditions, but a freestyle snowmobile show Saturday drew hundreds outside the Moose Alley bowling alley.
Published
January 21, 2016

Starks to consider moratorium on medical marijuana businesses

The move to put the ordinance on a March 11 referendum was spurred by an informal proposal to bring a medical marijuana research laboratory to town.
Published
January 20, 2016

Bingham considering tearing down beleaguered former Moose Alley Inn

The former restaurant, the site of a 2005 fatal fight, has deteriorated and selectmen doubt it can be salvaged.
Published
January 19, 2016

Claudia Viles court hearing postponed again

A dispositional hearing for the former Anson tax collector, accused of taking $438,000 from the Town Office, is delayed a third time while an accountant reviews evidence for the defense.