Healthy Northern Kennebec has $68,000 in new funding to bring healthier food into meal programs and make walking and biking more accessible in the Waterville area.
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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New Portland veteran seeks barber career after fateful snowmobile crash
Jeff Hayden nearly killed himself in December 2013 but has since gone through a rehab program and is enrolled at the Capilo Institute barber program in Augusta.
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Sheriff departments, including Somerset County, take up drug take-back
The national effort is being discontinued, so sheriff’s departments, with help from state and local police and the U.S. Border Patrol are stepping in.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Trial set for November in Waterville murder case
Roland Cummings is charged with stabbing Aurele Fecteau last May.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State
Deer rescued from ice in St. Albans, but doomed
The animal was ‘humanely destroyed’ by a game warden the day after it was rescued after he determined it was too sick or injured to survive.
Posted inSchools and Education
Bingham educator has seen a lot of changes in 50-year career
Linda Hunnewell has retired from School Administrative District 13 after 50 years as a teacher, administrator and school board member.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
Waterville group told diplomacy needed for Syria solution
Middle East expert Eric Hooglund, of Belgrade Lakes, and retired from Sweden’s Lund University spoke at the Mid-Maine Global Forum.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Fairfield apartment fire considered suspicious
A fire that damaged an apartment building on Summit Street Monday night is believed to have been intentionally set, according to the building’s owner.
Posted inLocal & State, MMCC Annual Awards
Waterville librarian named chamber’s Outstanding Professional
Tammy Rabideau connects visitors of the library with area job resources and has also been an organizer behind community events such as the Maine Poetry Express and PechaKucha Night Waterville.
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Teen charged with killing father was on verge of homelessness, his brother says
Colby Hodgdon’s brother, Stevie Hodgdon, says he knew of no problems between his brother and their father, Steven, who was killed in Troy in March.