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.

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Published
October 28, 2015

Theft trial of former Anson tax collector postponed

A Somerset County judge granted the request that the trial, originally set for November, be postponed because of ‘voluminous’ information, said Claudia Viles’ attorney, Walter McKee.
Published
October 27, 2015

Jackman area voters to consider school budget in 4th referendum

The proposed $2.22 million budget represents an increase of 3.6 percent from the 2014-2015 school budget and includes salaries for two new teachers.
Published
October 26, 2015

‘Miracle’ pig doing well one week after Harmony fire

Friends of Mel and Jeff Chadbourne helped the family build a temporary structure Monday to get their farm animals through the winter, including a 10-day-old piglet that escaped from a fire at the farm last week.
Published
October 26, 2015

Jay workers get layoff notices; paper machine shuts down

At the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, 300 workers were notified last week of layoffs and the No. 2 paper machine was shut down.
Published
October 24, 2015

As Maine’s hunting season begins, focus on safety has paid off

Since hunting classes for new license holders were mandated in 1986, as because of other new laws, some spurred by tragedy, hunting accidents have declined steadily.
Published
October 23, 2015

Four Somerset County towns to vote on local issues

The absentee ballot request deadline is Thursday in Anson, Cambridge, Jackman and Moose River, as voters consider local referendum questions.
Published
October 23, 2015

Long-closed Smithfield Village Store gets a new life

Owner Sandy Dodge, of Norridgewock, said she likes ‘working with people and socializing,’ so she and her relatives revived the store after its recent three-year hiatus.
Published
October 23, 2015

Waterville woman summoned in connection with drug trafficking

Amber Frost, of 23 Oak St., was charged with criminal conspiracy for her involvement in an alleged drug trafficking operation.
Published
October 23, 2015

Bingham house blaze started in car’s engine compartment, fire marshal’s office says

The fire Sunday on Meadow Street destroyed the barn in which the car was parked as well as doing extensive damage to the attached house.
Published
October 22, 2015

Maine congressional delegation, Madison paper chief testify on Canadian subsidies’ damage

The hearing Thursday in Washington is part of an ongoing investigation into whether Canadian subsidies to producers of supercalendered paper have hurt U.S. producers.