The suit stems from the 2014 death of Joseph Daoust, alleging corrections officers failed to provide medical care after he was pepper-sprayed and detoxing from drugs.
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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Moscow to celebrate 200th anniversary
Saturday’s events are the first of a yearlong celebration that will include 10 days of events this summer.
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Anson-Madison Water District plans $3.2 million upgrade
The proposed project would replace a 4-mile stretch of water line that has been prone to breaks, but it also could mean a rate increase for users.
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Madison Paper production cutback could last months
The cutback to five days a week from seven is expected to affect workers financially, the mill’s union president said.
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Athens family homeless after mobile home fire
A woman who was home at the time the fire at 193 South Main St. in Athens was taken the hospital with burns on her hands.
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Fairfield woman enters no plea to charge of murdering infant son
A Harnish hearing, which will determine if Kayla Stewart, 20, should be held with no bail, will be held at a date to be set.
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Brighton Plantation home damaged by chimney fire
The home belongs to the town’s first selectwoman and her husband and sustained extensive fire and water damage, according to their daughter.
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Boston snowmobiler injured in Rangeley area crash
The rider struck a tree after failing to negotiate a turn on a section of trail between Rangeley and Eustis, the Maine Warden Service said.
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Snodeo draws thousands to Rangeley
Riders reported varying trail conditions, but a freestyle snowmobile show Saturday drew hundreds outside the Moose Alley bowling alley.
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Starks to consider moratorium on medical marijuana businesses
The move to put the ordinance on a March 11 referendum was spurred by an informal proposal to bring a medical marijuana research laboratory to town.