Photographer Eric Gottesman, who spent years documenting the effects of AIDS on young people in Ethiopia, has been working the past few months with Waterville kids.
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Starks residents to consider roofing, road projects
Selectmen and the town Budget Committee are asking for $70,000 to be appropriated for a new roof at the Starks Community Center.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News
Skowhegan mill wants $2.2M tax refund
Even after the property tax valuation for the Sappi Mill was cut by $100 million last year, corporate owners of the Skowhegan mill want another $137 million cut in valuation as well as millions in tax refunds.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Disabled Vassalboro musher takes dream trip to Alaska
With the help of friends and two social media campaigns, Joe Albee fulfilled a lifelong dream of traveling to Alaska.
Posted inLocal & State, News
North Anson gunstock manufacturer thrives in niche market
Machines are running around the clock in three shifts of workers as Cousineau Wood Products strives to meet demand for laminated wood products, in particular for high-quality gunstocks.
Posted inLocal & State
Somerset County registrar misses work again
Diane Godin failed to report to work Thursday, the second time she has missed work since county commissioners adjusted her schedule to one day per month.
Posted inLocal & State
Anson voters face smaller budget proposal
The town budget proposed by selectmen is nearly $75,000 less than the current spending package.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Police seek driver of stolen pickup crashed in Norridgewock
A 2003 Chevrolet, owned by a Canaan resident, was abandoned Wednesday night in a snowbank on Bigelow Hill Road, and the driver fled.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Lawmakers make central Maine stop on statewide jobs tour
Lawmakers met with business and education leaders Wednesday at Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Backyard Farms and Thomas College.
Posted inLocal & State
AG says wind farm foes benefited from settling suit
The state attorney general claimed two executives of Friends of Maine’s Mountains profited from settling a suit aimed at blocking another wind project.