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
June 8, 2013

Madison voters face $2.27 million budget request Monday

Madison voters on Monday evening will be asked to consider a $2.27 million budget that is almost identical to the current year’s budget.
Published
June 6, 2013

North Anson man with 10 days left on sentence escapes from home confinement

Police are looking for Jerome R. Cole, who had 10 days left of a two-year Franklin and Somerset counties sentence when he escaped from supervised home confinement.
Published
June 5, 2013

Cornville Regional Charter School students battle soil erosion at North Pond

A group of Cornville Regional Charter School fifth and sixth graders planted native plants along an embankment of North Pond as part of a lesson on the effects of erosion.
Published
June 5, 2013

Loss of Harmony child’s leg in accident a sadly familiar story

While the story of a Harmony child whose leg was amputated in a lawnmower accident Wednesday is a tragic one, it’s not as uncommon a story as you might think.
Published
June 5, 2013

Family of six homeless following fire in Embden

A family of six is left homeless after a fire Wednesday afternoon destroyed the house they rented in Embden.
Published
June 4, 2013

SAD 13 budget gets first OK from Bingham, Moscow voters

Residents of School Administrative District 13 gave preliminary approval to a $3.23 million school budget for the upcoming year.
Published
June 3, 2013

High schools court Athens, Brighton Plantation students at Monday fair

The gym at Athens Elementary School was filled with parents and students Monday evening, as area high schools courted students from Athens and Brighton Plantation to join their schools.
Published
June 3, 2013

Bingham, Moscow voters to debate SAD 13 budget Tuesday

School Administrative District 13’s posed $3.23 million budget will be considered by Bingham and Moscow voters Tuesday in a Town Hall-style meeting.
Published
June 2, 2013

Olympian urges Carrabec graduates to show courage, fortitude

On Sunday afternoon, 69 members of the Carrabec High School class of 2013 graduated in the school’s gymnasium, which was decorated in green and white and included an arboretum draped in ribbons and lights for the graduates to process through.
Published
May 31, 2013

State education boss visits Canaan, Skowhegan elementary schools

On Friday, Canaan Elementary School, along with the Bloomfield Elementary School in Skowhegan, were stops on Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen’s Promising Practices Tour.