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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PublishedMay 21, 2015
Work begins on new Norridgewock fire station
Construction workers poured the first concrete for the new structure earlier this week, and the project should be completed by late fall.
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PublishedMay 20, 2015
Norridgewock officials discuss ordinance with music festival organizers
In preparation for the Great North Music and Arts Festival in September, town officials met with festival organizers Wednesday night to discuss traffic concerns and noise complaints.
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PublishedMay 20, 2015
Anson administrative assistant submits resignation
The selectmen haven’t acted on the request and are hoping to talk Triss Smith out of the move, which comes in the midst of an investigation into the disappearance of $77,000 in town money.
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PublishedMay 19, 2015
Norridgewock officials, festival organizers to review mass-gathering ordinance
The Board of Selectmen has invited the Planning Board and organizers of the Great North Music Festival to a discussion Wednesday about how the ordinance worked during last year’s three-day festival.
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PublishedMay 18, 2015
Skowhegan students blaze new trail along damaged brook
The trail will help to better preserve the pond for trout and stabilize the steep bank around a pond in the Whitten Brook Conservation Area.
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PublishedMay 17, 2015
Solar panels help add jobs, cut costs at Bingham’s North Country Rivers
More than 140 solar panels were installed at the whitewater rafting resort last week and are expected to help generate about 50 percent of the business’s energy needs.
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PublishedMay 16, 2015
Athens school to explore teacher-led model instead of having principal
The pre-K through grade eight school will become the second school in the state to replace the traditional head of the school with a teacher leadership team.
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PublishedMay 14, 2015
Cause of fire that gutted Burnham home under investigation
The sole resident of the house at 94 Rancourt Lane, near Unity Pond, was out of state when the fire broke out Thursday morning.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Skowhegan man awaits sentencing in manslaughter case
Mark Bussell, of Skowhegan, plead guilty to manslaughter in the death of James Murphy, of Starks, in a November 2013 accident in Fairfield.
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PublishedMay 12, 2015
SAD 74 residents approve $9.4 million school budget
The budget passed by an overall vote of 104-57, though it was rejected by the town of Embden, where a movement is underway to explore withdrawing from the district.
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