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
March 19, 2013

$1.8 million budget proposal up for vote in Jackman on Thursday

Jackman residents will vote on a proposed $1.8 million spending budget to come from property tax, excise tax, surplus and other money when they gather on Thursday for the annual Town Meeting.
Published
March 19, 2013

Winter’s final storm dumps heavy snow on Tuesday

A steady snowfall blanketed the region on Tuesday, closing schools and businesses and slowing traffic.
Published
March 18, 2013

Snowfall steady in central Maine

Steady snowfall is blanketing central Maine and is expected to dump 10 to 14 inches of snow on the region today.
Published
March 18, 2013

Waterville restaurant owner, brother to appeal convictions on illegal workers

Hector Fuentes, 39, of Waterville, and his brother, Guillermo Fuentes, 37, of Westbrook, were convicted of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit as well as aiding and abetting document fraud, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II.
Published
March 16, 2013

No model best for serving rural Mainers’ ambulance needs

Trying to figure out how to pay for shared services, such as emergency medicine, can be a challenge in rural communities, and there may be no best way to do it.
Published
March 14, 2013

Michaud looks for support for paper mills in Washington

U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud is asking President Barack Obama for support in promoting the paper industry and protecting jobs for the 7,300 people it employs in the Maine.
Published
March 14, 2013

Economic group backs east-west highway

The Somerset Economic Development Corp. voted to support an effort to construct an east-west highway across northern Maine, part of which will go through Forks and West Forks.
Published
March 12, 2013

New wind ordinance, 6 percent budget increase top on Town Meeting agenda in Canaan

Canaan voters will consider enacting a new wind ordinance and will decide on a 6 percent increase in the town budget during Saturday’s annual Town Meeting.
Published
March 10, 2013

Amid shrinking budgets, program brings museum to schools

Fourth-grade students at Bloomfield Elementary School in Skowhegan got a visit from the L.C. Bates Museum in lieu of funding for educational field trips.
Published
March 9, 2013

Big budget hike in Starks shouldn’t rattle tax rate

Starks voters approved a 23 percent increase in the town’s municipal budget on Saturday, but higher revenues from switching school districts and hosting a new substation being built by Central Maine Power Co. should prevent a tax increase.