This summer marks 20 years since the removal of Edwards Dam, a key step toward opening up the Sebasticook River for alewives to spawn.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
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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Waterville children’s bookstore gets backlash for drag queen event
Drag Queen Story Hour at the Children’s Book Cellar is intended to educate and share the culture of LGBTQ people in the community, but some question its motives and appropriateness.
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Graduating UMF senior starts program to address loneliness among the elderly
Abbie Hartford started the UMF Senior Buddy program at four Farmington homes for the elderly and said she hopes to see her work continue after graduation.
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CMP says it won’t use herbicides in proposed new power line corridor
But some opponents of the New England Clean Energy Connect project say the promise doesn’t touch other environmental concerns in the 53 miles of new transmission line corridor from Beattie Township through The Forks.
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Video: CMP power line challenges way of life in off-the-grid Somerset County
For a handful of year-round residents and camp owners in the unorganized territory, a proposed power line corridor through an otherwise off-the-grid area brings concerns and questions at the heart of why they live there.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News
Franklin County committee reviews preliminary budget numbers
The Budget Committee will take a first vote on the spending plan May 20, after which it will head to a public hearing June 5.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Thomas College, Unity College and UMF announce graduation speakers
Speakers at three central Maine commencements run the gamut from retired U.S. Army sergeant to Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
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Farmington, students, staff to get look at four finalists for job of university president
The four candidates will visit the UMF campus over the next two weeks and participate in open forums with students, staff and the community.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Two Fairfield school district administrators on paid leave
Cheryl Brackett, SAD 49 director of operations, and Cory Rogers, the special education director, have been on leave since March 22 in “an effort to reach a mutual agreement regarding the terms of their employment,” according to the superintendent.
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Belfast company plans to buy former Madison paper mill for insulation production, employing 110
GO Lab Inc. plans to employ more than 100 people at the former Madison Paper Industries mill, which shuttered three years ago.