While admitting a bull is a large, strong animal, experts counsel being calm and giving a bull its space.
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 Mayor Isgro faces calls for resignation over tweet attacking Parkland student
Post targeting Parkland, Florida school shooting survivor David Hogg condemned as latest in a string of inflammatory posts.
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‘No fairness’: Farmers decry fatal police shooting of bull in Skowhegan
New Vineyard farmer who witnessed the shooting said the animal didn’t need to be shot and the owner should be compensated.
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Waterville mayor taking heat for tweet about Parkland student
Troll takes credit for targeting Nick Isgro as Maine Democratic Party lashes out at mayor, saying he “should be ashamed of his comment.”
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Reported drunk driving case raises questions about response time in Somerset County
Two hunters said they recently witnessed a man driving drunk on U.S. Route 201 in the unorganized territory and were shocked to learn that no charges were levied after they reported it to police.
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New Balance faces social media backlash after pro-Trump comment
A spokesman for the company, which employs about 900 people in Skowhegan, Norridgewock and Norway, said this week that Donald Trump’s election will help it ‘move in the right direction.’
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Trump, background checks helped fuel decisive win for Poliquin in 2nd District
Along with Bruce Poliuqin’s re-election, support for Donald Trump and opposition to universal background checks point to a growing conservative stronghold in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Poliquin wins 2nd District rematch over Cain
The freshman Republican congressman pledged to work “non-stop” for Mainers in remarks early Wednesday morning.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Madison sees savings from police department merger
The town was recently reimbursed $79,500 by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office after the cost of policing services came in under budget in the first year of the sheriff’s office managing a Madison division.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
For families, friends of Oakland victims, still no answers one year after fatal shootings
Police have been unable to trace the origins of the gun Herman DeRico used to kill three people and himself in 2015, and the victims’ mothers say the incident makes a case for stricter gun control.